Shellharbour, New South Wales

Shellharbour, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Shellharbour
city = Wollongong
state = nsw


caption = View of Shell Harbour
lga = City of Shellharbour
postcode = 2529
coordinates = coord|34|35|S|150|52|E|display=inline,title
est =
pop = 3,304 [Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC15236 | name = Shellharbour (State Suburb)|quick=on|accessdate=2008-03-16]
elevation=
area =
propval =
stategov = Shellharbour
fedgov = Throsby
near-nw = Barrack Heights, Blackbutt
near-n = Barrack Point
near-ne =
near-w = Flinders
near-e =
near-sw = Flinders
near-s = Shell Cove
near-se =
dist1 =
location1=

Shellharbour is a southern beachside suburb of Wollongong, located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. It also gives its name to the Local Government Area, City of Shellharbour.

The suburb is centred on the small recreational harbour named Shell Harbour. It has two main beaches, Shellharbour Beach, which runs to Barrack Point and Shellharbour South Beach, which runs toward Bass Point.

Shellharbour is undergoing extensive development with many new retail outlets and units being constructed. The main street is Addison Street, with many sidewalk cafés and shops, running through the town and ending with the Ocean Beach Hotel opposite the harbour. Adjacent to the harbour is the Beverley Whitfield saltwater swimming pool and across from the Shellharbour Beach facilities is the Beverley Whitfield park, containing the Tom "Scout" Whilloughby cricket oval.

The area was inhabited by indigenous Australians for thousands of years. European habitation began from about 1817 onwards [cite web
title=Our History
publisher = Shellharbour City Council
url = http://www.shellharbour.nsw.gov.au/default.aspx?WebPage=115
accessdate = 2008-03-16
] .Shellharbour was originally known as "Yerrowah" and later as "Peterborough". [cite web | title = Shellharbour | publisher =Geographical Names Board of New South Wales | url = http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/name_search/extract?id=TRqwXttLKW | accessdate = 2006-10-23 ]

External links

* [http://www.shellharbour.nsw.gov.au/ Shellharbour City Council website]
* [http://www.shellys.com.au/ Shellharbour Workers' Club website]

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