West Wollongong, New South Wales
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| West Wollongong Wollongong, New South Wales |
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| Population: | 4,144[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 2500 | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 34°25′S 150°52′E / 34.417°S 150.867°ECoordinates: 34°25′S 150°52′E / 34.417°S 150.867°E | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 2 km (1 mi) from Wollongong | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | Wollongong | ||||||||||||
| State electorate: | Keira | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Cunningham | ||||||||||||
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West Wollongong is the innermost western suburb of the coastal city of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. It is mainly a residential area, serviced by a small commercial strip with a music store, chicken shop, electric goods store and carpet store along the Princes Highway with several petrol stations, two restaurants, a liquor store, a chemist and a flower shop.
Schools in the area include West Wollongong Public School, St Therese Primary School, and Edmund Rice College (an all-boys secondary college).
It is the location of the Mount Keira Road turnoff from the Princes Highway, incidentally the westernmost end of Crown Street.
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[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "West Wollongong (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC15271&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2008-01-23.
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