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The township of Berry lies on the South Coast railway line, and on the Princes Highway (Highway 1) between Nowra and Kiama. For much of its early history the town depended on timber cutting and dairy farming, with a tannery and boat building also present, but today, Berry thrives on tourism , with many souvenir shops, art galleries, antiques ...
The Berry Railway Station is of State aesthetic significance as a rare group of simple early weatherboard station buildings including goods shed and Station Master's residence, with later corrugated steel produce shed, located in a picturesque location within the historic Berry township, with the Illawarra escarpment visible beyond. The small ...
A Bank. Berry Museum is the only surviving bank building of a group of 5 suburban and regional branches of the E.S. & A Bank in NSW designed by William Wilkinson Wardell with a north European architectural influence. [1] The E.S & A Bank in Berry traded through the last years of the 19th century and up until 1942, when it closed its Berry ...
Berridale is a small town in New South Wales.At the 2021 census [1] it had a population of 1,300. It was the administrative centre of the Snowy River Shire until in 2016 that shire merged with two others to form the Snowy Monaro Regional Council, one of Australia's major inland tourist destinations.
Berry Courthouse is a heritage-listed former courthouse and now function venue at 58 Victoria Street, Berry, in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.It was designed by James Barnet and built from 1890 to 1891 by Antonio and Peter Ettinghausen.
Berry Island was part of a grant of land made by Governor Macquarie to Alexander Berry and Edward Wollstonecraft in 1820 [3] and is named after Alexander Berry. [4] The island was later joined to the mainland by a stone causeway over the mudflats. During the 1960s, the land between the island and the mainland was reclaimed and made into a ...
One of the original occupants was prospector Edward Hargraves, who originally named the village Five Islands.He probably chose this name from a parcel of about 100 acres (0.40 km 2) of land that he previously owned in the Five Islands area of Wollongong, New South Wales.
It is considered to be the southernmost town in the Illawarra region. Nearby towns are Gerringong, Kiama and Berry. Situated at the northern end of Seven Mile Beach and the head of Crooked River, the original village was once a retreat for various religious orders. Today it is a popular holiday town, and residence for retirees.