Parish: Woonona
County: Camden
Tarrawanna is a small suburb north of Wollongong, between Balgownie and Corrimal.
Tarrawanna was originally a grant of 60 acres made to Johnathon Brooker by Governor Macquarie in 1811.
The property was passed to William Brooker and later purchased by James Brooker for 20 pounds. Part of the property was advertised to let in the Illawarra Mercury on 21 June 1858, "to Let, Mr Gritton's farm at Fairy Meadow, known as Tarrawanno. Apply to Mr Payne, Wheelwright, Wollongong, or to Mr James Brooker, Fairy Meadow."
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Local communities of Aboriginal people were the original inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of Illawarra Land. Their dialect is a variant of the Dharawal language.
Before European settlement, the Aboriginal people of the region lived in small family groups with complicated social structures and close associations with specific areas.
Suburb boundaries do not reflect the cultural boundaries of the local Aboriginal community.
Traditional Custodians today are descendants of the original inhabitants and have ongoing spiritual and cultural ties to the Land and waterways where their ancestors lived.
Top image: Tarrawanna. See image details on our catalogue