Tarrawanna Wollongong, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Overlooking Tarrawanna (bottom right) and surrounding suburbs from the west. | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°22.7′S 150°53.3′E / 34.3783°S 150.8883°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 2,184 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 2518 | ||||||||||||||
Elevation | 21 m (69 ft) | ||||||||||||||
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LGA(s) | City of Wollongong | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Keira | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Cunningham | ||||||||||||||
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Tarrawanna is a northern suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, extending westward from the Princes Highway over the Illawarra Escarpment. Tarrawanna's main street Meadow Street has a few shops including cafes, a brewery, a Thai restaurant, a post office, a fish and chips shop and a grocer.
Education
Tarrawanna has a primary school, Tarrawanna Public School on Kendall Street.
Culture
Seminal Australian grunge band The Proton Energy Pills named its 2003 anthology "Rocket To Tarrawanna" in honour of the suburb where its members lived and met.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Tarrawanna (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
External links
- http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/cultureheritage/illawarraAboriginalHistoryPoster.pdf
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080721031255/http://www.southerncouncils.nsw.gov.au/vegetation/p579.html vegetation
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080720061453/http://southerncouncils.nsw.gov.au/vegetation/bellambi.htm map with vegetation marked
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080606182717/http://www.wollongong.nsw.gov.au/Residents/1048.asp Tarrawanna Community Hall
- http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20090519005046/http://wcc.wollongong.nsw.gov.au/PolicyRegister/TP%2095.6%20Foothills%20View%20Estate%20Tarrawanna.pdf