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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 ...
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 ...
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.
Warrawong Plaza (formerly Westfield Warrawong) is a major shopping centre located in Warrawong, a suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. With a retail floor area of 57,582 m 2 (619,807 sq ft), it is currently the third largest shopping centre in the Illawarra region.
City Diggers Wollongong (current main venue) The Folk Club draws its membership generally from the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. It has presented the Illawarra Folk Festival at Jamberoo from 1985/86-2006 and at Bulli from 2007 to 2020, resuming in 2022.
There was considerable pressure for amalgamation of the Illawarra area, which had transformed from a disparate rural area with some coastal towns into an increasingly urban-industrial region, and on 12 September 1947, the City of Wollongong, the Shires of Bulli and Central Illawarra, and the Municipality of North Illawarra amalgamated to form ...
ABC Illawarra is an ABC Local Radio station based in Wollongong and broadcasting to the Illawarra and the Southern Highlands regions in New South Wales, Australia. This includes the towns of Nowra, Shellharbour, Kiama, and Bowral. The station began as 2WN in 1959 originally broadcasting on the AM band.
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]