| Port Kembla Wollongong, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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 View of Port Kembla from Hill 60 Park looking North West at sunset | |||||||||||||||
  Port Kembla | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°28′32″S 150°54′01″E / 34.47556°S 150.90028°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 5,088 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2505 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 19 m (62 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | AEDT (UTC+11) | ||||||||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | City of Wollongong | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Wollongong | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Whitlam | ||||||||||||||
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Port Kembla is a suburb of Wollongong 10 km south of the CBD and part of the Illawarra region of New South Wales. The suburb comprises a seaport, industrial complex (one of the largest in Australia), a small harbour foreshore nature reserve, and a small commercial sector. It is situated on the tip of Red Point: its first European sighting was by Captain James Cook in 1770. The name "Kembla" is an Aboriginal word meaning "plenty [of] wild fowl".[2]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Port Kembla (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
- ^ "PLACE NAMES". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 13 May 1964. p. 61. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
