Koonawarra
Koonawarra is a suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the western shore of Lake Illawarra. Koonawarra, or Exmouth, as it was then called, was one of the first five land grants located in the Illawarra.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 3,640 residents
- Description: suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
- Also known as: “Koonawarra, New South Wales” and “Koonawarra, New South Wales, Australia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kanahooka High School and Dapto railway station.
Kanahooka High School
School
Kanahooka High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in Kanahooka, 15 kilometres southwest of the city of Wollongong, in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia.
Dapto railway station
Railway station
Photo: Abesty, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dapto railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the South Coast railway line in the Wollongong suburb of Dapto, New South Wales, Australia.
Tallawarra Power Station
Power station
Photo: Chongkian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tallawarra Power Station is a 440-megawatt combined cycle natural gas turbine generator and a further 320 MW open cycle gas turbine in Yallah, New South Wales, Australia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kanahooka and Horsley.
Kanahooka
Suburb
Kanahooka is a southern suburb in Wollongong City Council. It has a few shops and a playground. Situated on Lake Illawarra is a Park with a playground. It has a public school and a high school.
Horsley
Suburb
Photo: Graeme Bartlett, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Horsley is a suburb in Wollongong. It is the location of the new Dapto Primary school and a community centre. This suburb has expanded since 1999 and contains many newly developed houses. Horsley is situated 3½ km northwest of Koonawarra.
Cleveland
Suburb
Cleveland is a suburb of the City of Wollongong to the west of Dapto. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 22. The Geographical Names Board of New South Wales assigned the name of Cleveland to the suburb on 5 August 2005. Cleveland is situated 3½ km west of Koonawarra.
Koonawarra
- Category: locality
- Location: City of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-34.50376° or 34° 30′ 14″ southLongitude
150.8092° or 150° 48′ 33″ eastPopulation
3,640Elevation
20 metres (66 feet)Open location code
4RQGFRW5+FMOpenStreetMap ID
node 113323370OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
10109449Wikidata ID
Q6430672
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Koonawarra” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Koonawarra”
- Dutch: “Koonawarra, New South Wales”
- Irish: “Koonawarra”
- Malagasy: “Koonawarra”
- Swedish: “Koonawarra”
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