Tarrawanna, New South Wales

Tarrawanna Wollongong, New South Wales
Overlooking Tarrawanna (bottom right) and surrounding suburbs from the west.
Tarrawanna
Coordinates	34°22.7′S 150°53.3′E
Population	2,069 (2016 census)
Postcode(s)	2518
LGA(s)	City of Wollongong
State electorate(s)	Keira
Federal division(s)	Cunningham
Suburbs around Tarrawanna: Corrimal Corrimal Tarrawanna Towradgi Balgownie Fernhill Towradgi

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 fish and chips shop and a grocer.

Education

Tarrawanna has a primary school, Tarrawanna Public School on Kendall Street.

Culture

Seminal Australian grunge band The Proton Energy Pills named its 2003 anthology "Rocket To Tarrawanna" in honour of the suburb where its members lived and met.

External links

• http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/cultureheritage/illawarraAboriginalHistoryPoster.pdf
• https://web.archive.org/web/20080721031255/http://www.southerncouncils.nsw.gov.au/vegetation/p579.html vegetation
• https://web.archive.org/web/20080720061453/http://southerncouncils.nsw.gov.au/vegetation/bellambi.htm map with vegetation marked
• https://web.archive.org/web/20080606182717/http://www.wollongong.nsw.gov.au/Residents/1048.asp Tarrawanna Community Hall
• http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20090519005046/http://wcc.wollongong.nsw.gov.au/PolicyRegister/TP%2095.6%20Foothills%20View%20Estate%20Tarrawanna.pdf