Cringila

Location

Cringila is a densely populated residential suburb located south of Wollongong about 4 kilometres along Springhill Road. The suburb is bounded by Berkeley, Lake Heights, Warrawong, Five Islands Road and the Steelworks.

Place names

Cringila

Parish of Wollongong County of Camden

Cringila was the aboriginal name for the pipeclay with which the aborigines decorated themselves before a corroboree or fighting expedition. Cringila was formerly known as Steeltown.

Steeltown

Steeltown was the name given to the collection of shacks and tents which were erected close to the Steelworks. In the late 1920's land was advertised in this area as 'The Steeltown Estate'. This land fronted Five Islands Road and adjoined the Hoskins Steelworks.