Albion Park, New South Wales
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Albion Park is a suburb of Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia. The term 'Albion', is the most ancient name of Great Britain. Currently Albion Park has a population of 20,000, and continues to expand by a rate of 12.5% per year. Albion Park is bordered by the Illawarra escarpment in the west, Dapto in the North, Kiama in the South and Shellharbour in the East.
In order to avoid a the highest parts of the ridge between Albion Park and Minnamurra, the railway needed to keep closer to the shore of Lake Illawarra. After the opening of railway station, 2 km to the east, in 1887, a new town grew up next to it, now known as Albion Park Rail. It is now the larger suburb.
[edit] Education
There are a number of schools in Albion Park:
- Albion Park Public School
- Albion Park High School
- St. Joseph's Catholic School, Albion Park
- St. Paul's Catholic School, Albion Park
- Mount Terry Primary School
- Illawarra Christian School (Tongarra Campus)
[edit] Sport
Albion Park is also home to the Albion Park RSL Eagles, one of the most dominating cricket teams on the South Coast in recent years.