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Wongawilli, New South Wales

FieldValue
typesuburb
nameWongawilli
cityWollongong
stateNSW
imageWongawilli, Arial.JPG
lgaCity of Wollongong
postcode2530
coordinates
pop1,213
pop_year
pop_footnotes{{Census 2021 AUSid = SAL14392name = Wongawilli
quickonaccess-date=31 July 2024}}
elevation24
stategovShellharbour
fedgovWhitlam
near-nwAvon
near-nDombarton
near-neKembla Grange
near-wAvon
near-eBrownsville
near-swHuntley
near-sHuntley
near-seHorsley
dir1Illawarra
location1Wollongong

| near-nw = Avon | near-n = Dombarton | near-ne = Kembla Grange | near-w = Avon | near-e = Brownsville | near-sw = Huntley | near-s = Huntley | near-se = Horsley

Wongawilli is a southern suburb of Wollongong, Australia at the foot hills of the Illawarra escarpment. The word "Wonga" is a native Aboriginal word meaning native pigeon.

It contains a mixture of small rural properties and family homes. It has a New South Wales Rural Fire Service station and a small community hall where the Wongawilli colonial dance club meets regularly. The community has had a long history with coal mining, with the Wongawilli colliery opening in 1916 by the Hoskins brothers, and later being taken over by BHP. Since this time the mine has expanded and has had multiple owners, and is currently owned and operated by the Indian company Jindal Steel and Power.

Notable residents

  • Actor John Jarratt, born 1952
  • Australian Rugby League player Robert Smithies, born 1948

References

References

  1. [http://www.wollongong.nsw.gov.au/library/onlineresources/suburbprofiles/pages/wongawilli.aspx Wongawilli History, Wollongong Library, 2011]
  2. [http://www.wongawillicolonialdance.org.au Wongawilli Colonial Dance Club]
  3. [http://www.nswmin.com.au/Mining-in-NSW/History-of-Mining/Illawarra-Region/Illawarra-Mining-History/default.aspx Mining in New South Wales]
  4. [http://www.illawarracoal.com/wongawilli.htm Wongawilli Collery]
  5. "Jindal Steel Power || Home".
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