Port Kembla, New South Wales

Port Kembla
WollongongNew South Wales
View of Port Kembla from Hill 60 Park looking North West at sunset
Port Kembla is located in New South Wales
Port Kembla
Port Kembla
Coordinates34°28′32″S 150°54′01″E / 34.47556°S 150.90028°E / -34.47556; 150.90028
Population5,088 (2021 census)[1]
Postcode(s)2505
Elevation19 m (62 ft)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10)
 • Summer (DST)AEDT (UTC+11)
Location
LGA(s)City of Wollongong
State electorate(s)Wollongong
Federal division(s)Whitlam
Suburbs around Port Kembla:
Cringila Coniston Tasman Sea
Warrawong Port Kembla Five Islands Nature Reserve
Kemblawarra Primbee Tasman Sea

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]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Port Kembla (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 30 July 2024. Edit this at Wikidata Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
  2. ^ "PLACE NAMES". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 13 May 1964. p. 61. Retrieved 22 February 2011.