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• BHP Billiton Illawarra Coal - Includes information on mining and the environment and also a link for School Projects
• BlueScope Steel - This site includes a history of BlueScope Steel and information about steelmaking for students
• Computer Bank Illawarra - Computer Bank is a not for profit, non government,volunteer based organisation who provide free basic computer systems to disadvantaged individuals, families and community groups
• Dion's Bus Service
• E.D. Nicolle - Australian Pioneer of Ice-making and Refrigeration. - Nicolle is famous for developing ice-making and refrigeration techniques.
• Graincorp
• Gujarat NRE Australia Pty Ltd - This Company holds the mining leases for Avondale Colliery and the virgin unmined areas of Huntley Colliery in the southern coalfields of New South Wales, Australia
• i3net Illawarra Innovative Industry Network - Network of engineering and manufacturing firms working from the Illawarra
• Illawarra Business Chamber - The Illawarra Business Chamber (IBC) is a member-based not for profit business support organisation.
• Illawarra Coke Company - Company profile of the Illawarra Coke Company
• Maldon-Dombarton Rail Line Pre-Feasibility Study For Port Kembla Port Corporation - July 2009
• Oceanlinx - Oceanlinx is a leading international developer of wave technology for renewable energy and clean water.
• Port Kembla Coal Terminal
• Port Kembla Gateway - Website of the port of Port Kembla
• Port Kembla Port Corporation - Information about the history, development and operations of the port
• Smart Pages Wollongong - Wollongong Online Business Directory
• Tallawarra - Development of the Tallawarra site
• The Illawarra Area Consultative Committee (IACC) - Provides feedback on significant local issues to Government and disseminates information about Government policies, programmes and support.
• Wollongong Business Directory - Links to the Yellow Pages® Online for postcodes in the Wollongong City area.

• ABC Illawarra NSW - The only information based station covering the area from Helensburgh to Ulladulla and across the Highlands
• Auscharity.org - This site provides information on charitable organisations in Australia
• Bulli Seniors Computer Club - This Computer Group was formed to allow seniors in our locality to access a computer. Classes are held three days a week, and are all conducted at a pace that is friendly to senior learners.
• Climate averages - Wollongong
• Community Events
• Community Information - Contact details for local community groups, organisations, services, programs, courses, facilities and events
• Community Links - This page is for everyone who wants to find out about and get involved in the Illawarra community.
• communitybuilders.nsw - This site is for people who want to make their communities more dynamic, healthy and successful. It includes a toolkit
• Computer Bank Illawarra - Computer Bank Illawarra is a not for profit, non government, volunteer based organisation which aims to provide access to computers for disadvantaged people, or people on a low income.
• Coomaditchie aboriginal artists - Authentic Australian Aborginal Artworks from the Coomaditchie United Aboriginal Corporation
• createIllawarra.com - createillawarra.com is a site for artists, arts groups and audiences, highlighting regional events, opportunities and links
• Food Fairness Illawarra - Food Fairness Illawarra actively promotes community-based solutions to ensure adequate and healthy food for all.
• Illawarra Church Links - An alphabetical list of Christian Churches in the Illawarra prepared by the Five Islands Christian Ministries.
• Illawarra Ethnic Communities Council
• Illawarra Familes First Transition to School - This site is dedicated to promoting an optimal transition for children entering formal schooling by providing current research-based information, available avenues of practical support across the Illawarra and links to related resources
• Northern Illawarra Online - Business Directory and community portal
• Play Illawarra - Website dedicated to providing detailed and up to date information about playgrounds and play opportunities for children and their carers across the Illawarra
• Theatre in Wollongong - what's on in Wollongong, Kiama & Shellharbour.
• Traditional Foods Directory - Sources of African and Halal foods in the Illawarra Region.
• Volunteering Illawarra - Volunteering Illawarra is the regional volunteer centre for anyone interested in volunteering.
• Wollongong City Centre Business Improvement District - Information about Wollongong's major retail centre with links to a vast range of facilities and attractions for the tourist and residents.
• Wollongong Your Online Community - Distributed by email every Tuesday.Contributions are provided by independent authors.

• Computer Fairs Australia
• Computer Markets
• Council Community Update as advertised in 'The Advertiser' - Council Community update pages available for the current week. See under Related Documents and select Community Update Page One, Page Two
• Illawarra Folk Festival 14-17 January 2010 - 25th Year Anniversary Festival presented by the Illawarra Folk Club
• Monster Truck Shows - 2009 Monster Tours of Destruction
• National Parks and Wildlife Service Guided Tours
• WIN Sports and Entertainment Centres - The WIN Sports & Entertainment Centres is designed as a multipurpose facility which hosts a variety of concerts, conventions, exhibitions seminars, gala dinners and outdoor and indoor sporting events.
• Wollongong City Centre - What's On?
• Wollongong City Council Community Events Calendar - Wollongong City Council

• ICAC- Wollongong City Council - allegations of corrupt conduct - Transcripts of the morning and afternoon sessions of the ICAC inquiry.
• Illawarra Images on the Web - historical image collection from Wollongong City Library and the Illawarra Historical Society.
• Illawarra Link Master - local databases - business, education, government, news & media, & lots more.
• Illawarra Transport - transport in the Illawarra - bus, taxis, trains and bicycle maps.
• Inquiry into the integration of regional rail and road networks and their interface with ports - Report tabled by The House Standing Committee on Transport and Regional Services in August 2007. Includes references to Port Kembla.
• IRIS Research - local statistics, regional profiles.
• Kiama Council - find out more about Kiama
• Lawrence Hargrave Drive - Information on the Lawrence Hargrave Drive project from the RTA
• Libraries: Kiama - search their catalogue.
• Libraries: Shellharbour - Shellharbour libraries and museum
• Libraries: Wollongong - about us, search our catalogue, quality selection of Web sites, local info and loads more.
• Shellharbour Council - services, plans, policies.
• South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service - Includes demographics, information about local health services and consumer health information
• Sportslive - Amateur sports results,stories and links for Wollongong
• University of Wollongong - courses, facilities, maps etc
• Weather averages for the local area. - see our weather link for local forecasts
• Wollongong City Community Atlas - The Community Atlas includes key socio-demographic characteristics for Wollongong City presented as interactive maps.
• Wollongong City Council - lots of information about the local Council
• Wollongong City Council Community Profile - Wollongong City Council Community Profile includes results from the 2006, 2001, 1996, and 1991 Censuses of Population and Housing
• Wollongong Location Map - road and rail links
• WollongongOnline - links to many Web sites in the Illawarra

• Air quality in the Illawarra - environment and pollution
• Botanic Garden Wollongong
• City Centre Strategy
• Futureworld - The Futureworld Eco-Technology Centre is an exciting facility open to the public that demonstrates innovative environmentally friendly technologies
• Hill 60 - Eloura, Port Kembla. - The fight during 2006 to save this Aboriginal heritage site from development
• Lake Illawarra Authority - Lake facts, Lake map, life in the Lake. Lots of school project material.
• NSW Department of Lands - Site contains information relating to crown land, land titles, surveys, valuations and more.
• Remnant bushland database
• Sandon Point Aboriginal Tent Embassy. - Pictures plus press releases relating to the Aboriginal Tent Embassy set up at Sandon Point
• Sandon Point Picket. - Details plus images of the Sandon Point picket, Bulli
• State of the Environment Report 06/07 - Wollongong City Council State of the Environment Report
• Sustainable Illawarra - The vision for this project is for the Illawarra councils to balance their social, environmental and economic goals to ensure a sustainable and adaptable future.
• Wild Illawarra - A guide to birdwatching and bushwalking in the Illawarra
• Wollongong harbour & foreshore redevelopment opportunity - A publication of the NSW Department of Lands.

• A history of the Croatian Catholic Centre Wollongong and its people
• Allan Cunningham in Illawarra 1818 - 1830. - Account of the famous botanist's numerous visits to the Illawarra region to collect specimens.
• Australia, Illawarra and Family History - Local historical information from Michael Organ
• Australian Motorlife Museum - A member based organisation, dedicated to the preservation of motoring history in all its forms.
• Balgownie Heritage School Museum - Founded in 1989, the Balgownie Primary School Museum aims to preserve the history of the Illawarra through the conservation of artefacts, documents, and photographs of the local area.
• Bellambi Lighthouse Project - The Bellambi Lighthouse was built by the Bellambi Coal Company at Bellambi Point to aid in the loading and unloading of coal from the Bellambi Jetty.
• Beneath Black Skies - Illawarra coal mining stories beneath the surface
• Carl Weber - Pioneering Surveyor and Engineer. - Article by Anne Wood on Carl Weber
• Cemeteries of South Coast & Illawarra Region - Contains transcriptions of cemetery records and tombstone inscriptions
• Dapto: Listening to the Sun - An article from the ABC about early radio astronomy in Dapto
• Edward Giles Stone - An Australian engineer prominent in many innovative aspects of early reinforced concrete constructions in Australia, including Port Kembla.
• Historical Records of the Illawarra Region of NSW, Australia - A Chronological Guide to Sources and Events
• History of Helensburgh - Dedicated to the recording and preservation of the social history of Helensburgh and its environs
• Hotels of the Illawarra and Shoalhaven 1828-1999. - Listing of local hotels and breweries of the Illawarra and Shoalhaven districts of New South Wales
• Illawarra at War - during WWI, over 2,000 people from the Illawarra enlisted for military service
• Illawarra Coal - An unofficial history of coal mining in the Illawarra.
• Illawarra Historical Society Inc & Illawarra Museum
• Illawarra Images on the Web - historical image collection from Wollongong City Library.
• Illawarra Migration Heritage Project - The Migration Heritage Project is a community initiative designed to protect and promote the heritage of Illawarra's diverse cultural communities
• John Skinner Prout at Broulee and Illawarra, 1841-44 - Article plus catalogue of the works of the artist John Skinner Prout
• Kiama Family History Centre - Operated by the Kiama Municipal Council to assist researchers in their quest for knowledge about their family history and to provide information about the social history that impacted on the everyday lives of their ancestors.
• Lighthouses of New South Wales - Wollongong Head Lighthouse
• Looking back - A collection of short history articles about the Wollongong region of NSW Australia
• Mt Kembla Mining Heritage Website
• Museums & Heritage Wollongong - A resource for Illawarra residents and visitors to the Illawarra who are interested in locating museums, galleries, centres, sites and projects related to Illawarra culture, history and heritage.
• NSW Heritage Office - To search for a local historical site, building etc.choose Heritage listings
• NSW Ocean Baths - Illawarra Region - Historical information about ocean baths in the Illawarra Region - includes photographs
• Old Bulli Railway Guest House 1887 - Brief account of the history of the guest house and people associated with it
• Parish and Historical Maps - Lands has more than 35,000 parish and historic maps of NSW available online
• Paul Edmund Strzelecki's Illawarra Maps & Fossils - The Polish explorer and scientist travelled between Sydney and Melbourne during 1839-40. This is a record of his time in the Illawarra.
• Picture Australia - half a million images of people, places and events including some from the local area.
• Place Names of the Wollongong Region - a history of the place names of the local area.
• Private William "Sonny" Keevil and Joe & Bert Rawnsley. - A brief account of the WWI experiences of some relatives, based on contemporary postcards and the reminiscences of Roma Organ.
• Regent Theatre, Wollongong. - Information pertaining to the campaign to save the Regent Theatre from demolition
• Register of the National Estate - lists local historical sites, buildings etc of National significance. Search the Register
• Royal National Park Shack Communities - Information on approximately 200 coastal shacks in the Royal National Park (RNP) in four communities from north to south
• Ryerson Index - Index to Contemporary Death Notices and Obituaries in Australian Newspapers including SMH, Kiama Independent, Illawarra Mercury from 1986 onwards
• Shellharbour History - From the Shellharbour City Council.
• The Battle of Bulli, 1887 - An account of the conflict between striking coal miners and their families, and group of blacklegs and police which took place at Bulli, New South Wales, Australia, during January 1887.
• 'The Garden of New South Wales' - Landscape Art of the Illawarra 1770-1980. - A catalogue of works of art pertaining to the Illawarra region
• The Pioneer Kerosene Oil Shale Works at American Creek, Mount Kembla - This was Australia's first successful kerosene oil shale operation
• The Story of the Illawarra Stockade - An account of military stockades and regiments which operated in the Illawarra district between 1816-44.
• Trooper Frank Andrews (1880-1900) - An Australian Boer War Casualty - A brief article on Frank Andrews, an Illawarra resident who volunteered for service against the Boers of South Africa in 1899, and was subsequently killed in action the following year
• Unanderra Hostel - Unanderra Hostel memories
• Wollongong City Memorial Gardens & Cemeteries - Information about Wollongong City Council cemeteries.
• Wollongong District Hospital & Albert Memorial Hospital - Old Photographs 1964-1984.

• Illawarra Index - An index to references to the Illawarra area from newspapers and other publications 1788 to the present (Select Illawarra Index from the left menu bar)
• Illawarra Mercury - read the daily news, features, classifieds
• Northern Leader - The Northern Leader is locally produced by Southern Independent Publishers. Includes access to old editions

• Grand Pacific Drive - Just 1 hour south of Sydney, Grand Pacific Drive encompasses some of NSW’s most spectacular scenery and coastline
• Illawarra Fly Treetop Walk - The Illawarra Fly treetop walk is an elevated steel canopy walk through the rainforest on the Illawarra escarpment, offering unique views to Lake Illawarra and the coast.This attraction is due to open in March 2008.
• Science Centre and Planetarium - An interesting tourist destination.Very "hands-on".
• Southern Gateway Centre - The complex incorporates a visitor information centre, a restaurant and kiosk, an Aboriginal discovery centre and viewing platforms over the escarpment.
• Tourism Wollongong - accommodation, recreation, restaurants, clubs, what's on & lots more
• Wollongong & Illawarra Travel Guide