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 / 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	2,069 (2016 census)[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 cafes, a brewery, a Thai restaurant, a post office, 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.

References[]

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

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