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Unanderra - Timeline
| 1817 | Robert Jenkins receives land grant of 1,000 acres, which he names Berkeley. George Cribb brings cattle down the mountain to Charcoal Creek. |
| 1834 | Jemima Jenkins purchases 2,000 acres at Berkeley. |
| c.1836-1841 | Edward Hargraves farms at Charcoal. |
| 1839 | William Jenkins builds Berkeley House. |
| 1840 | George Lindsay opens a small store at Charcoal. |
| 1843 | The Illawarra District Council is formed. |
| 1844 | Farmborough House is built on land acquired by Robert Martin Cole. |
| 1855 | Farmborough House brought by John Blackman. |
| 1859 | Municipality of Wollongong declared. |
| 1860 | Post Office is opened at Charcoal. Tannery is established at Charcoal by John Richardson. |
| 1866 | Pioneer Kerosene begins production at American Creek. |
| c.1870 | Nudjia House built by William Warren Jenkins on the Berkeley Estate. |
| 1878 | Unanderra Public School is opened. |
| 1878 | Central Illawarra Council transfers its operations to Charcoal. |
| 1881 | Government Gazette changes the name of the local post office from Charcoal to Unanderra. |
| 1887 | Butter factory is opened at Unanderra. |
| 1887 | Unanderra Station Master’s residence built. |
| 1888 | The Unanderra Coke Works are constructed. |
| 1901 | Unanderra Public Hall is opened. |
| 1913 | Unanderra Butter factory burns down. |
| 1925 | Work commences on the Illawarra Mountain Railway between Unanderra and Moss Vale. |
| 1927 | The Princes Highway is laid through Unanderra. |
| 1932 | The Illawarra Mountain Railway between Unanderra and Moss Vale opens. |
| 1938 | Berkeley House demolished. |
| 1955 | Unanderra Branch Library begins operation at the Unanderra Community Hall. |
| 1956 | Farmborough Road Public School opened |
| 1960 | Unanderra Branch Library is enlarged. |
| 1960 | St Pius X Catholic Primary School is established |
| 1977 | Unanderra receives the first supply of natural gas in Wollongong. |
| 1977 | Western Suburbs Olympic swimming pool opened |
| 1981 | New industrial park established at Unanderra. |
| 1986 | Cedars Christian College formerly known as Wollongong Christian Community School relocated to Waples Rd, Unanderra from Wollongong. |
| 1999 | Unanderra Public School relocates from the Princes Highway to Derribong Drive, Cordeaux Heights. |
| 2005 | Five Islands Industrial Business Park opened. The park will accommodate large and small companies, with options to either buy the land and/or the warehouse or just lease the facilities. |
Last Modified: 5/07/2008
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