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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]
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's location Wollongong Harbour at dusk. The city of Wollongong has a distinct geography.It lies on a narrow coastal plain flanked by the Pacific Ocean to the east and a steep sandstone precipice known as the Illawarra Escarpment to the west, most notably Mount Keira, joined to the escarpment by a high saddle.
Wollongong Harbour Precinct is a heritage-listed shipping harbour at Cliff Road and Endeavour Drive, in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.It was built in 1837. The historic precinct includes Belmore Basin, Government Dam, Government Basin, Stockade Point, Flagstaff Hill, Signal Hill, Brighton Beach, Boat Harbour and Fortress Hill.
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.
An early morning view of the Illawarra escarpment west of Albion Park (20 km south of Wollongong). The escarpment or scarp was created between 225 and 280 million years ago and since eroded by creeks to its present height around 30 million years ago.
She’d managed to pull off the ultimate student ninja move, using a technique known as "aburidashi". The essay was written in invisible ink, and the words only appeared when the paper was heated.
Figtree is an inner western suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.It is south-west of West Wollongong and connected to Wollongong by the Princes Highway. There is a small commercial district near this junction and another connected area of mainly food stores further north on the highway near the freeway entrance.