To the south the plain reaches its maximum extent around Albion Park where it incorporates a large coastal saltwater lagoon called Lake Illawarra, separated from the Pacific Ocean by a long sandy spit. Like many Australian court houses, it was designed in a Classical Revival style considered appropriate for public buildings. Subsequently, part of Lawrence Hargrave Drive was replaced in 2005 by the Sea Cliff Bridge just off the coast, crossing the submerged rock shelf. It is proposed that a new community-based entity will take on the Football NSW licence previously held by Wollongong FC. [40] The university continues to attract students and staff from all over the world, with around 5,000 overseas student enrolments. The University's Sydney Business School also has a secondary campus in Sydney. [38][39] New residential areas are also being developed further south around the Albion Park, Shell Cove and Kiama areas. They won the 2010 NRL Grand Final against the Sydney Roosters. The Illawarra Cutters represent the Illawarra region in the New South Wales Cup and the Harold Matthews Cup. In 2001, the population of Wollongong reached 181,612 people. [48], Wollongong FC is the region's football (soccer) club who compete in the New South Wales Premier League. The Crown Gateway Shopping Centre was completed. Eight regional clubs from four Local Government Areas play in the I B L. Email NSW Trainlink; NSW Trainlink website ; List of NSW Trainlink timetables; Timetable data from Transport for NSW GTFS data feed. [citation needed] He erected two beehive coke ovens between the north eastern end of the basin and Pulpit Rock. View Route 55C timetable, © Premier Illawarra Pty Ltd | Last updated 18 June 2019. life-style, First table, wollongong, Mandy whitney, rookie, little vietnam, winjammers, novotel, ron de vu. Wollongong has a number of primary and high schools, including public, denominational and independent. There’s only one table per eatery available each night, and it’s first in, best fed. [citation needed] These were subject for demolition but were saved by a community vote. Whether the .SD method or the head() method is faster seems to depend on the size of the dataset. [40] These included British, Irish, Macedonians, Spaniards, Portuguese, Greeks, Italians, Arabs, Russians, Bosnians, Croatians, Serbians, Germans, Turks, Chileans and Brazilians. Other industries to have set up in the massive Port Kembla industrial complex—the largest single concentration of heavy industry in Australia—include a fertiliser plant, an electrolytic copper smelter, a locomotive workshop, a coal export shipping terminal, a grain export shipping terminal and an industrial gases manufacturing plant. It is the third largest city in New South Wales and the tenth largest in Australia. Great South Football is a consortium preparing the Illawarra's South Coast A-League bid. It is often associated with orographic lift caused by the escarpment. It sits within the Wollongong Statistical District, which covers the local authority areas of Wollongong, Shellharbour and Kiama, extending from the town of Helensburgh in the north, to Gerroa in the south[3] Geologically, the city is located in the south-eastern part of the Sydney basin, which extends from Newcastle to Nowra. There have been many coalmines in the district. The Wollongong City Gallery houses a significant collection of the art of the Illawarra, contemporary Australian, Aboriginal and Asian art. is just below the subtropical isotherm of 22 °C (72 °F). In 1936, the new Wollongong Lighthouse was finished on Flagstaff Point. [8] It has two main campuses: the primary campus on Northfields Avenue, and the Innovation Campus on Squires Way. Wollongong Warriors is now a real club in Australian Quidditch Association, a Muggle quidditch league. Illawarra restaurants who have already offered their first tables of the evening include Rookie Eatery on Keira Street, Ron De Vu on Crown Street, Windjammers at the Novotel and Little Vietnam on Market Street. The Wollongong Campus is the network's largest campus, and it offers a variety of courses. The Wollongong metropolitan area extends from Helensburgh in the north to Shell Cove in the south. Saturdays: 08:00 – 18:00 every 20 minutes Wollongong has 17 seasonally-patrolled local beaches: Stanwell Park, Coalcliff, Scarborough/Wombarra, Coledale, Austinmer, Thirroul, Sandon Point, Bulli, Woonona, Bellambi, Corrimal, Towradgi, Fairy Meadow, North Wollongong, Wollongong City, Port Kembla and Windang. A second freeway, Memorial Drive (formerly the Northern Distributor), continues northward from the university to connect Wollongong's northern suburbs, Bulli Pass and the scenic Lawrence Hargrave Drive. [citation needed] The escarpment is largely protected by a State Conservation Area and local scenic protection zoning, and provides the visual backdrop to the city. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 27.2%, Catholic 26.1% and Anglican 17.9%. [16] In 1942 Wollongong was proclaimed a City. The main road down the Escarpment through Bulli Pass was built by convict labour in 1835–6, although other passes were built during the 19th century as well, such as O'Briens Road and Rixons Pass. There is also a Free Shuttle Bus service that connects the CBD, University and the suburbs of North Wollongong, Fairy Meadow and Gwynneville. Southern Cross Nine airs a regional New South Wales edition of, Tandem Hang gliding at Bald Hill Stanwell Park with, Cockatoo Run scenic train ride from Wollongong to, Illawarra Light Railway Museum, with light and miniature train rides, This page was last edited on 29 September 2020, at 06:52. Cyrus Villanueva, winner of the seventh season of The X Factor Australia, was born and raised in Wollongong.[45]. Hours of operation are: The motorway, part of National Route 1, descends the escarpment via Mount Ousley Road to enter the city near the University of Wollongong and exits at its southern fringe. There’s only one table per eatery available each night, and it’s first in, best fed.  Mandy Whitney is the mastermind behind the site and said the idea came to her when she was living in New Zealand and a new eatery opened where she lived. The popular 1990s stoner rock band Tumbleweed were formed and based in Wollongong, as are Surf-Rock duo Hockey Dad. The Illawarriors are a rugby union club based in the Illawarra, who contest the Shute Shield NSW club competition. In the book Quidditch Through the Ages by J. K. Rowling, the Wollongong Warriors are listed as one of Australia's quidditch teams. Passenger rail services on this line connect the centres of Nowra and Kiama to the south and Sydney to the north. The Airport is located in Albion Park Rail, 18km south of Wollongong CBD in the Shellharbour City LGA.