Tarrawanna, New South Wales

Tarrawanna
Wollongong, New South Wales

Overlooking Tarrawanna (bottom right) and surrounding suburbs from the west.
Coordinates 34°22.7′S 150°53.3′E / 34.3783°S 150.8883°E / -34.3783; 150.8883Coordinates: 34°22.7′S 150°53.3′E / 34.3783°S 150.8883°E / -34.3783; 150.8883
Population Estimated 1,856 (2006)[1]
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 a cafe, bakery, fish and chips shop and 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.

References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Tarrawanna (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
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