Port Kembla, New South Wales
Port Kembla is a suburb of Wollongong 10 km south of the CBD and part of the Illawarra region of New South Wales. The suburb comprises a seaport, industrial complex, a small harbour foreshore nature reserve, and a small commercial sector. It is situated on the tip of Red Point: its first European sighting was by Captain James Cook in 1770. The name "Kembla" is an Aboriginal word meaning "plenty [of] wild fowl".
View of Port Kembla from Hill 60 Park looking North West at sunset
Dated: 1944 No. 2 gun Illowra Battery, Showing its original BL 6 inch Mk XI gun
Gun position No. 2 at Illowra Battery, which formed part of the Kembla Fortress defences in World War II
BlueScope steelworks
Wollongong, colloquially referred to as The Gong, is a city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. The name is believed to originate from the Dharawal language, meaning either 'five islands/clouds', 'ground near water' or 'sound of the sea'. Wollongong lies on the narrow coastal strip between the Illawarra Escarpment and the Pacific Ocean, 85 kilometres south of central Sydney. Wollongong had an estimated urban population of 302,739 at June 2018, making it the third-largest city in New South Wales after Sydney and Newcastle and the tenth-largest city in Australia by population. The city's current Lord Mayor is Gordon Bradbery AM who was elected in 2021.
Image: Mt Keira views 2017 Wollongong Central (cropped)
Image: Wollongong Court House
Image: Crown Street, Wollongong 20220619110018 (2)
Image: Flagstaff Hill Lighthouse (50619051863)
