Balgownie
Balgownie is a small suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. Balgownie lies to the north-west of the Wollongong CBD. It stretches from the lower slopes of Mount Keira along the Illawarra escarpment to the base of the Broker's Nose promontory.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 5,430 residents
- Description: locality in New South Wales, Australia
- Also known as: “Balgownie, New South Wales” and “Balgownie, New South Wales, Australia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fairy Meadow railway station and Towradgi railway station.
Fairy Meadow railway station
Railway station
Photo: Abesty, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fairy Meadow railway station is located on the South Coast railway line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the northern Wollongong suburb of Fairy Meadow opening in 1887 as Cramsville. Fairy Meadow railway station is situated 2½ km southeast of Balgownie.
Towradgi railway station
Railway station
Photo: Abesty, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Towradgi railway station is located on the South Coast railway line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the northern Wollongong suburb of Towradgi and opened on 18 December 1948. Towradgi railway station is situated 3 km east of Balgownie.
Wollongong Botanic Gardens
Garden
Photo: Lilcrabbygal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Wollongong Botanic Garden is located in the Wollongong suburb of Keiraville at the foot of Mount Keira in New South Wales, Australia. It is the local botanical gardens of the Illawarra and was established in 1964. Wollongong Botanic Gardens is situated 2½ km south of Balgownie.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mount Pleasant and Tarrawanna.
Mount Pleasant
Suburb
Mount Pleasant is a hilly suburb in the city of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. It is situated on the northern flank of Mount Keira extending across to the Illawarra escarpment and is exclusively residential.
Tarrawanna
Suburb
Photo: Graeme Bartlett, CC BY 3.0.
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.
Mount Ousley
Suburb
Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.
Mount Ousley is a residential suburb situated on the foothills of Mount Keira about four kilometres northwest from the city of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
Balgownie
- Category: locality
- Location: City of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-34.38645° or 34° 23′ 11″ southLongitude
150.87133° or 150° 52′ 17″ eastPopulation
5,430Elevation
26 metres (85 feet)Open location code
4RQGJV7C+CGOpenStreetMap ID
node 113322651OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
2177113Wikidata ID
Q4850800
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In Other Languages
From French to Irish—“Balgownie” goes by many names.
- French: “Balgownie”
- Irish: “Balgownie”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Balgownie”. Photo: Graeme Bartlett, CC BY 3.0.