Cordeaux Heights - Timeline
| 1770 | Mount Kembla first sighted by Captain Cook (Wednesday 25th April) |
| 1810 | Cedar getters commence felling trees in area |
| 1815 | Settlement begins in Figtree/ Unanderra (Charcoal) areas |
| 1817 | Robert Jenkins receives land grant of 1,000 acres, which he names Berkeley. |
| 1821 | O'Briens Road built descending over the range to the 'Fig Tree' |
| 1834 | Jemima Jenkins purchases 2,000 acres at Berkeley. |
| 1840 | Presbyterian and Roman Catholic Schools established at Unanderra |
| 1844 | Farmborough House is built on land acquired by Robert Martin Cole Initially named 'Nonesuch' |
| 1855 | Nonesuch bought by John Blackman and renamed Farnborough. Additions built |
| 1859 | Municipality of Wollongong declared |
| 1860 | Post Office is opened at Charcoal. Tannery is established at Charcoal by John Richardson |
| 1873 | Survey for construction of Sydney to Illawarra railway begins |
| 1878 | Unanderra Public School is opened. |
| 1878 | Central Illawarra Council transfers its operations to Charcoal |
| 1880 | Government railway line built in Illawarra |
| 1881 | Government Gazette changes the name of the local post office from Charcoal to Unanderra |
| 1882 | Mount Kembla coal mine constructs rail link to Port Kembla. |
| 1887 | Butter factory is opened at Unanderra. |
| 1887 | Unanderra Station Master’s residence built. |
| 1888 | Unanderra Coke Works are constructed. |
| 1901 | Unanderra Public Hall is opened. |
| 1902 | 96 lives are lost in the Mount Kembla Mine Disaster. |
| 1913 | First motor bus used in Wollongong. |
| 1913 | Unanderra Butter factory burns down |
| 1926 | Steel works are established at Port Kembla |
| 1927 | Construction of Unanderra - Moss Vale railway line commences. |
| 1927 | The Princes Highway is laid through Unanderra |
| 1932 | Unanderra - Moss Vale line opens |
| 1956 | Farmborough Road Primary School opens. 1st Principal Mr. W. A. Bayley. |
| 1960's | Diesel trains replace steam engines on Illawarra line |
| 1969 | 'Kembla Park' demolished |
| 1974 | Feasibility study done on lower slopes of Mount Kembla for possible urban development (Cordeaux Heights) |
| 1975 | Farmborough Chase housing development is established |
| 1978 | Structure Plan for Cordeaux Heights compiled and published by Forbes & Assoc. Land Develpmnt Consultants |
| 1979 | Development strategy for Cordeaux Heights Estate put to W.C.C. based on 1974 feasibility study |
| 1979 | Farmborough Grove Retirement Village purchases 18 acres on site of 'Pea Paddock' of Kembla Park |
| 1982 | Farmborough Grove Retirement Village, Waples Road, opens on 14th March |
| 1986 | Wollongong Christian School opens 6 blocks with approx. 60 students. Principal Mr. Chris Connor. |
| 1986 | Trains on Illawarra line electrified |
| 1999 | Unanderra Public School relocates from the Princes Highway to Derribong Drive, Cordeaux Heights |
Last Modified: 12/12/2008
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