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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.
Warrawong is a suburb of Wollongong in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. It is situated on the northeast corner of Lake Illawarra . Warrawong is 90 kilometers from Sydney CBD.
Big W (stylised as BIG W) is an Australian chain of discount department stores, which was founded in regional New South Wales in 1964. The company is a division of the Woolworths Group and as of 2024 operated 179 stores, [1] with around 18,000 employees across mainland Australia and Tasmania. Big W stocks clothing, health and beauty, manchester ...
In 1957, Woolworths began to diversify from variety retailing when it opened its first food store at Dee Why, Sydney. [8] The company further diversified in 1960, opening it first purpose-built supermarket at Warrawong, [9] purchasing the Rockmans chain of women's clothing stores [10] and commencing selling liquor at some outlets.
The Warrawong store closed in February 1986. A store in Wagga Wagga was added due to the purchase of David Copland and Co in 1953 (closed 1971). David Jones' expanded into Victoria in the 1960s and in 1982 acquired the three stores of Buckley & Nunn located in Bourke Street , Northland , and Chadstone (closed the latter in 1983).
At the 2021 census, there were 214,564 people in the City of Wollongong local government area, of these 49.2 per cent were male and 50.8 per cent were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.2 per cent of the population, which was marginally lower than the state average of 3.4 per cent.
It is officially designated an urban place, [2] and comprises the south-eastern part of Warrawong (south of Northcliffe Drive) and the southern part of Port Kembla (south of Parkes Street.) References
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]