Tarrawanna, New South Wales

34°22.7′S 150°53.3′E / 34.3783°S 150.8883°E / -34.3783; 150.8883Population2,069 (2016 census)^[1]Postcode(s)2518Elevation21 m (69 ft)Location

• 78 km (48 mi) S of Sydney
• 6 km (4 mi) N of Wollongong

LGA(s)City of WollongongState electorate(s)KeiraFederal 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