Farmborough Heights - Timeline
| 1770 | Mount Kembla first sighted by Captain Cook (Wednesday 25th April) |
| 1810 | Cedar getters commence felling trees in area |
| 1817 | George Cribb brings cattle down mountain to Charcoal Creek (Unanderra) |
| 1834 | Jemima Jenkins purchases 2,000 acres at Berkeley. |
| 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 |
| 1860 | Post Office is opened at Charcoal. Tannery is established at Charcoal by John Richardson |
| 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. Unanderra Station Master’s residence built. |
| 1888 | Unanderra Coke Works are constructed. |
| 1888 | Local school's name is changed from Charcoal Creek to Unanderra |
| 1888 | Telephone is connected to the Unanderra Post Office |
| 1901 | Unanderra Public Hall is opened. |
| 1913 | First motor bus used in Wollongong. Unanderra Butter factory burns down |
| 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. |
| 1975 | Farmborough Chase housing development is established |
| 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 Community School opens 6 blocks with approx. 60 students. Principal Mr. Chris Connor. |
| 1999 | Unanderra Public School relocates from the Princes Highway to Derribong Drive, Cordeaux Heights |
| 2003 | Wollongong Christian Community School name changed to Cedars Christian college. |
Last Modified: 9/01/2009
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