Shellharbour, New South Wales

Shellharbour
New South Wales
Shellharbour is located in New South Wales
Shellharbour
Shellharbour
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Coordinates34°35′S 150°52′E / 34.583°S 150.867°E / -34.583; 150.867
Population3,520 (SAL 2021)[1]
Established1817
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10)
 • Summer (DST)AEDT (UTC+11)
Location
LGA(s)City of Shellharbour
RegionIllawarra
ParishTerragong
State electorate(s)Shellharbour
Federal division(s)Whitlam

Shellharbour (also known as Shellharbour Village) is a suburb located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. It also gives its name to the local government area, City of Shellharbour, and its central business district, Shellharbour City Centre.

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.[2]

Shellharbour hosts Harbourside Markets on the fourth Sunday of the month, in Little Park.[3]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Shellharbour (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Shellharbour Area". Destination New South Wales. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  3. ^ "Shellharbour Village Harbourside Markets | Shellharbour Event". VisitNSW.com. Retrieved 19 February 2017.