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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 ]
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]
Isonokami no Yakatsugu's Nara period Untei is held out to be Japan's first public library, but private libraries, such as Kanazawa Bunko, remained the norm until modern times. The Imperial Library , one of the predecessors to the National Diet Library , was established towards the end of the nineteenth century.
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.
Unanderra (/ ˈ j uː n ə n d ɛr ə / YOU-nən-derr-ə) is a suburb of Wollongong in New South Wales, Australia.It is located approximately 6 km south-west of the Wollongong CBD. It is bordered to the west by Farmborough, Cordeaux Heights and Farmborough Heights in the Mount Kembla foothills, the north by Figtree, the east by Berkeley and Flagstaff Hill, site of the Nan Tien Temple, and the ...
History of Wollongong Post and Telegraph Service and the 149 year old building at 11 Market Street, Wollongong. Howard, Rod (2001). North Beach Surf Club Management Plan. Kass, Terry (2010). A Thematic History of the City of Wollongong. Organ, Michael (1993). Illawarra and South Coast Aboriginies 1770-1900. Rogers, Brian (1988).
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.
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.