Avon
Avon is a suburb of the City of Wollongong and Wingecarribee Shire, both in New South Wales, Australia. It is "a locality within Metropolitan Catchment Area on the western side of Illawarra Range about 4km west of Wongawilli and about 5km north west of Avondale".| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb
- Description: locality in New South Wales, surrounding the river of the same name
- Also known as: “Avon, New South Wales” and “Avon, New South Wales, Australia”
- Neighbors: Macquarie Pass National Park
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dombarton and Wongawilli.
Dombarton
Suburb
Dombarton is a rural locality north west of Dapto in the Wollongong LGA, in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia, located on the western side of Lake Illawarra. It is also known for the uncompleted Maldon – Dombarton railway line. Dombarton is situated 9 km southeast of Avon.
Wongawilli
Suburb
Photo: Mrrowanh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wongawilli is a southern suburb of Wollongong, Australia at the foot hills of the Illawarra escarpment. The word "Wonga" is a native Aboriginal word meaning native pigeon. Wongawilli is situated 9 km southeast of Avon.
Huntley
Suburb
Huntley is a suburb of the City of Wollongong to the west of Dapto. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 66. The Geographical Names Board of New South Wales assigned the name of Huntley to the suburb on 5 August 2005. Huntley is situated 10 km southeast of Avon.
Avon
- Category: locality
- Location: City of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-34.42528° or 34° 25′ 31″ southLongitude
150.67583° or 150° 40′ 33″ eastElevation
413 metres (1,355 feet)Open location code
4RQGHMFG+V8OpenStreetMap ID
node 113322601OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Irish to Swedish—“Avon” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Avon”
- Swedish: “Avon, New South Wales”
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