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Windang - Timeline
| 1796 | Landing of Bass and Flinders in the TomThumb at the mouth of Lake Illawarra |
| 1824 | Hume report to the Government re possibility of settlement in the area |
| 1885 | Plan for overseas harbour out of the Lake to export coal in particular .Plans abandoned when reef is discovered near Windang Island |
| 1919 | W. Turnbull settles at the north point entrance to the Lake - known as Belwarra Estate |
| 1920 | Provision made at Windang for camping |
| 1920 | Windang House built |
| 1926 | Sale of Turnbull's subdivision |
| 1926 | Road linking Port Kembla and Shellharbour proposed by Shellharbour Council |
| 1936 | 32,000 pounds made available to build bridge across the lake |
| 1938 | Lake Illawarra bridge officially opened |
| 1939 | Large land sale around Windang House to development company |
| 1942 | Windang Public School established |
| 1944 | Water supply extended across bridge to Lake Illawarra South |
| 1946 | Sand removal and dune stabilisation works commence on the northern end of the peninsula |
| 1948 | Bridge damaged by Teredo worms |
| 1956 | Lake Illawarra Hotel built in Windang |
| 1957 | Windang Surf Club established |
| 1959 | Wollongong Aerial Patrol operates from Perkins Beach |
| 1966 | Construction of Windang Surf Club Clubhouse |
| 1967 | Commencement of sand dredging at entrance and stabilisation of drift sands on Windang Peninsula to create parklands |
| 1969 | Manmade entrance to Lake Illawarra closes |
| 1976 | Concept of a single Lake Illawarra Authority recommended |
| 1977 | NSW Govt announces Public Works Engineering study of methods to improve Lake entrance |
| 1984 | Floods |
| 1987 | Lake Illawarra Authority Act proclaimed |
| 1988 | Bicentennial project completed - Tom Thumb Garden |
| 1988 | Windang boat ramp constructed |
| 1989 | Unveiling of sculpture at Tom Thumb Garden to commemorate and symbolise the Aboriginal dreamtime story of the whale and the koala and the creation of Windang Island |
| 1989 | Federal government funds provided for deep sea boat ramp project |
| 1991 | Floods |
| 1994 | Windang Beach and Garden playground opens |
| 1994 | Windang homes threatened by bushfire |
| 1996 | Formation of Lake Illawarra Authority |
| 1996 | Windang Peninsula Heritage Park eastablished. A project to preserve the Illawarra’s Aboriginal heritage and protect native flora and fauna. |
| 1997 | Conservation works commence on Windang Island |
| 1997 | Under Mabo legislation over 2.5 ha of beachfront strip Crown land on Windang Peninsula reverts to ownership by Illawarra Aboriginal Land Council |
| 1999 | Lake entrance improvements commence |
| 2005 | Plan for further Lake entrance improvement works goes on public exhibition |
| 2006 | Demolition of Windang boatshed. |
Last Modified: 5/07/2008
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