Wongawilli, NSW (City of Wollongong)
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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.
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.
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wongawilli,_New_South_Wales
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 34°28'18"S 150°45'8"E
- Albion Park 8.1 km
- Calderwood ,NSW 10 km
- Port Kembla, NSW 12 km
- Yerrinbool 27 km
- Meroo Meadow 39 km
- Woodlands 39 km
- Cambewarra 41 km
- Tapitallee 44 km
- Medway 47 km
- Springrange, NSW 170 km
- Elouera Colliery (Coal) 0.5 km
- The Grange Golf Club 5.1 km
- Kembla Range RaceCourse 6.3 km
- Lakeside Memorial Park 6.3 km
- Avon Reservoir 8.1 km
- Illawarra Regional Airport (YSHL) 10 km
- Wollongong SUA 10 km
- Lake Illawara 10 km
- Albion Oval 12 km
- Wingecarribee Shire 37 km