Wongawilli, New South Wales

Wongawilli
Wollongong, New South Wales

Coordinates

34°28.5′S 150°45.5′E / 34.4750°S 150.7583°ECoordinates: 34°28.5′S 150°45.5′E / 34.4750°S 150.7583°E

Postcode(s)

2530

Elevation

24 m (79 ft)

Suburbs around Wongawilli:
Kembla Grange
	Wongawilli	Brownsville
Horsley		Dapto, Kanahooka

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.^[1]

It contains a mixture of small rural properties and family homes. It has a NSW Rural Fire Service station and a small community hall where the Wongawilli colonial dance club meets regularly.^[2] The community has had a long history with coal mining, with the Wongawilli colliery opening in 1916 by the Hoskins Brothers,^[3] and later being taken over by BHP Billiton.^[4] Since this time the mine has expanded and has had multiple owners, and is currently owned and operated by the Indian company Gujarat NRE.^[5]

Notable residents

Actor John Jarratt, born 1951

References

Suburbs and localities of Wollongong, New South Wales

Towns, suburbs and localities	Albion Park Albion Park Rail Austinmer Avon Avondale Balarang Balgownie Barrack Heights Barrack Point Bellambi Berkeley Blackbutt Bombo Broughton Village Brownsville Bulli Burning Palms Calderwood Carrington Falls Cleveland Clifton Coalcliff Coledale Coniston Cordeaux Cordeaux Heights Corrimal Cringila Croom Curramore Dapto Darkes Forest Dombarton Dunmore East Corrimal Fairy Meadow Farmborough Heights Fernhill Figtree Flinders Foxground Gerringong Gerroa Gwynneville Haywards Bay Helensburgh Horsley Huntley Jamberoo Jerrara Kanahooka Keiraville Kembla Grange Kembla Heights Kemblawarra Kiama Kiama Downs Kiama Heights Knights Hill Koonawarra Lake Heights Lake Illawarra Lilyvale Macquarie Pass Maddens Plains Mangerton Marshall Mount Minnamurra Mount Keira Mount Kembla Mount Ousley Mount Pleasant Mount Saint Thomas Mount Warrigal North Macquarie North Wollongong Oak Flats Otford Penrose Port Kembla Primbee Rose Valley Russell Vale Saddleback Mountain Scarborough Shell Cove Shellharbour Shellharbour City Centre Spring Hill Stanwell Park Stanwell Tops Tarrawanna Thirroul Tongarra Toolijooa Towradgi Tullimbar Unanderra Upper Kangaroo Valley Warilla Warrawong Werri Beach West Wollongong Willow Vale Windang Wollongong Wombarra Wongawilli Woonona Yallah Yellow Rock

Rivers and other bodies of water	Lake Illawarra Minnamurra River Port Kembla Shoalhaven River

National parks and other nature reserves	Budderoo National Park Royal National Park Five Islands

Other places and points of interest	Bulli Pass Illawarra escarpment Kangaroo Valley Macquarie Pass The port of Port Kembla Saddleback Mountain

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