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In 1951, a foundation of the University of Wollongong was founded as a division of the New South Wales University of Technology in Wollongong. A decade later, the division became the Wollongong College of the University of New South Wales. [15] In 1972, the library was three storeys high and could fit 280 students. [17]
SydneyCity Library Broken Hill City Library The public libraries in New South Wales are operated by local councils, in some cases cooperatively as "regional libraries". [ 9 ] There are 89 library services which operate more than 350 public libraries across the state. [ 10 ]
He was employed at the University of Wollongong library, as an archivist (1996–2002) and, as of 5 May 2013, manager, repository services until 1 November 2020. [ 3 ] Three months prior to the Cunningham by-election, he unsuccessfully contested the local government election for the lord mayoralship of Wollongong.
In addition, 90.2% of the Thirroul population only spoke English in the home, compared with 79.8% for the Wollongong LGA. [1] [23] The most common responses for religion were No Religion 48.9%, Catholic 22.1% and Anglican 12.9%. [1] The median weekly household income for Thirroul was $2,751, which is higher than the Wollongong LGA median of $2,151.
The earliest reference to Wollongong was in 1826, in a report written by John Oxley, about the local cedar industry. The area's first school was established in 1833, and just one year later the Surveyor-General arrived from Sydney to lay out the township of Wollongong on property owned by Charles Throsby-Smith.
Wollongong (/ ˈ w ʊ l ə n ɡ ɒ ŋ / WUUL-ən-gong; Dharawal: Woolyungah) is a city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia.The name is believed to originate from the Dharawal language, meaning either 'five islands/clouds', 'ground near water' or 'sound of the sea'. [3]
Wollongong Conservatorium of Music is a centre for music education, community music-making and performance, serving the city of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. [ 1 ] It is currently on the Register of Cultural Organisations (ROCO), as listed by the Australian Government.
The name Tertangala was thought to mean "smoke signals" in an Indigenous language. [1] The name originated when the University of Wollongong was a campus of UNSW, and was chosen to correspond with its then-sister paper Tharunka, whose name was thought to mean "message stick" [1] However, an investigation in 2000 found that Tertangala was simply a nonsense word and had no roots in any recorded ...