Cordeaux Heights

Place names

Parish of Kembla County of Camden
Cordeaux was the name of William Cordeaux (1792-1839) an early resident and land commissioner, for whom the area of Cordeaux, west of Mount Kembla was named.  Cordeaux Heights is a planned suburb of Wollongong, established in the 1980s.

Location

Cordeaux Heights is located approximately 7 kms south west of Wollongong, situated on the lower slopes of Mount Kembla.  Immediately to the north lies the suburb of Mount Kembla, along William James Drive and Cordeaux Road.  On the east, across Cordeaux Road is the suburb of Figtree.  Unanderra and Farmborough Heights lie to the south across the roads of Staff Road and the eastern end of Central Road.  The western aspect of the suburb is set within the framework of the Illawarra escarpment which blends into the Mount Kembla area, from the ends of the roads branching off the western side of Derribong Drive. (Golder Moss Associates, 1974)