Wollongong

State Electoral District Of Wollongong

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Boundary Description

Commencing at the junction of Kanahooka Road with Princes Highway: and bounded thence by that road south-easterly, Southern Freeway south-westerly, the north-western prolongation of, and Byamee Street generally south-easterly and Fowlers Road and Lakeside Drive generally easterly to Brooks Creek; by that creek downwards to the generally western shore of Lake Illawarra; by part of that shore generally easterly to Kanahooka Point; by a line south-easterly to the generally southern boundary of the City of Wollongong; by part of that boundary generally south-easterly to the low water mark of the shore of South Pacific Ocean; by that low water mark (except at the entrance of any river, creek or inlet of the sea where the boundary shall be a straight line connecting two points on the shore opposite the outermost headlands at the entrance of any such river, creek or inlet of the sea) generally northerly to the south-eastern prolongation of the north-eastern boundary of Towradgi Beach Park; by that prolongation, boundary and its prolongation north-westerly to Murranar Road; by that road generally westerly, Carters Lane northerly and Weber Crescent and its prolongation westerly to Illawarra Railway; by that railway generally southerly to Princes Highway, aforesaid; by that highway north-westerly and Northern Distributor, Southern Freeway, aforesaid, and again Princes Highway generally south-westerly to the point of commencement (inclusive of all islands lying off the coast of the district above defined).

District Information

 

District of Wollongong (Area: 78.84 sq.kms)
How Constituted (Current and Predicted Electors) - as at 4.12.97 30.4.99
All of the former District of Wollongong 37,497 38,108
From the former District of Illawarra:
That part of the City of Wollongong bounded by Kanahooka Road, Southern Freeway, Byamee Street, Fowlers Road, Lakeside Drive, Brooks Creek and Lake Illawarra to the former boundary. 4,002 3,997
From the former District of Keira:
That part of the City of Wollongong bounded by Flinders Street, Illawarra Railway Line, Weber Court, Carters Lane and Murranar Road to the former boundary. 1,714 1,834
Total 43,213 43,939

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