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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 ]
The University of Wollongong has developed into a multi-campus institution, both domestically and globally. The Wollongong campus, the university's main campus, is on the original site 5 kilometres (3 mi) north-west of the city centre, and covers an area of 82.4 hectares (204 acres) with 94 permanent buildings.
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 ...
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.
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]
In honour of Birt's contribution to the University of Wollongong, its main library is named the Michael Birt Library. As the vice-chancellor of the University of New South Wales, Birt managed the university through the reintroduction of student fees and oversaw the development of the College of Fine Arts and the Australian Defence Force Academy .
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]
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.