Wangi Wangi New South Wales |
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Wangi Power Station |
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Population: | 2772 (2006 census) | ||||||||||||
Postcode: | 2267 | ||||||||||||
Location: | 16 km (10 mi) ENE of Morisset | ||||||||||||
LGA: | City of Lake Macquarie | ||||||||||||
Parish: | Awaba | ||||||||||||
State District: | Lake Macquarie | ||||||||||||
Federal Division: | Charlton | ||||||||||||
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Wangi Wangi ( /ˈwɒndʒi wɒndʒi/ won-jee-won-jee) is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia, which forms a peninsula jutting eastwards into Lake Macquarie. It is well known as the former home of artist William Dobell. The suburb is also home to the Wangi Power Station, which operated from 1956 to 1986.
Wangi Wangi has an
Wangi Wangi has also had its own Rugby League team over the years being the Wangi Warriors. There is also a number of bushwalking tracks around the bushland. Some of which are host to gun emplacements, during the course of World War II.