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Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, is Australia's tenth largest city 82 km south of Sydney, in a part of the NSW South Coast known as the Illawarra. Usage note: In Australia, " suburbs " are the official postal subdivisions of a city.
First incorporated on 28 February 1859 as the 'Municipality of Wollongong', the council became known as the 'City of Wollongong' on 11 September 1942. [2] On 3 September 1947, the City of Wollongong, the Shire of Bulli (established 1906) and the Municipalities of Central Illawarra (established 1859) and North Illawarra (established 1868) amalgamated to form the 'City of Greater Wollongong ...
Illawarra Hawks (1979–1998) Beaton Park Stadium is an Australian basketball centre in Gwynneville, New South Wales . It was the home of National Basketball League side Illawarra Hawks between 1979 and 1998, and is the home to local basketball in Wollongong .
Shellharbour Airport, formerly Illawarra Regional Airport, also referred as Albion Park Aerodrome [2] or Wollongong Airport, [3] (IATA: WOL, ICAO: YSHL) is an airport located in Albion Park Rail, New South Wales, Australia. The Historical Aircraft Restoration Society is located at the airport. [4]
Wollongong is the largest city within the Illawarra with a population of 240,000, followed by Shellharbour with a population of 70,000 and Kiama with a population of 10,000. These three cities have their own suburbs. Wollongong stretches from Helensburgh in the north to Windang in the south, with Maddens Plains and Cordeaux in the west.
After an unsuccessful attempt by Wollongong to claim the area, the region from Fairy Meadow to Bellambi separately incorporated as North Illawarra on 26 October 1868. Finally, the Shire of Bulli was proclaimed further north on 15 May 1906. [11] [14] Wollongong was proclaimed as a city on 11 September 1942.
Prior to European occupation of the Illawarra, Wollongong Harbour and coastline was used by the Dharawal people as a natural harbour and sheltered area for all manner of cultural and ceremonial activities for more than 20,000 years and possibly as many as 40,000 years. The natural bay was protected from direct ocean currents and south-easterly ...
The Illawarra Mercury is a daily newspaper serving the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. It has been published since 1855, making it one of Australia's oldest newspapers and the second-oldest regional newspaper in New South Wales. [1] It has been published daily since December 1949, and has had no local daily competition since the ...