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He was employed at the University of Wollongong library, as an archivist (1996–2002) and, as of 5 May 2013, manager, repository services until 1 November 2020. [ 3 ] Three months prior to the Cunningham by-election, he unsuccessfully contested the local government election for the lord mayoralship of Wollongong.
In 1951, a foundation of the University of Wollongong was founded as a division of the New South Wales University of Technology in Wollongong. A decade later, the division became the Wollongong College of the University of New South Wales. [15] In 1972, the library was three storeys high and could fit 280 students. [17]
SydneyCity Library Broken Hill City Library The public libraries in New South Wales are operated by local councils, in some cases cooperatively as "regional libraries". [ 9 ] There are 89 library services which operate more than 350 public libraries across the state. [ 10 ]
Wollongong (/ ˈ w ʊ l ə n ɡ ɒ ŋ / WUUL-ən-gong; Dharawal: Woolyungah) is a city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia.The name is believed to originate from the Dharawal language, meaning either 'five islands/clouds', 'ground near water' or 'sound of the sea'. [3]
Gleniffer Brae Manor House, home to the Wollongong Conservatorium of Music. Wollongong Conservatorium of Music is a centre for music education, community music-making and performance, serving the city of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. [1] It is currently on the Register of Cultural Organisations (ROCO), as listed by the Australian ...
The earliest reference to Wollongong was in 1826, in a report written by John Oxley, about the local cedar industry. The area's first school was established in 1833, and just one year later the Surveyor-General arrived from Sydney to lay out the township of Wollongong on property owned by Charles Throsby-Smith.
The name Tertangala was thought to mean "smoke signals" in an Indigenous language. [1] The name originated when the University of Wollongong was a campus of UNSW, and was chosen to correspond with its then-sister paper Tharunka, whose name was thought to mean "message stick" [1] However, an investigation in 2000 found that Tertangala was simply a nonsense word and had no roots in any recorded ...
History of Wollongong Post and Telegraph Service and the 149 year old building at 11 Market Street, Wollongong. Howard, Rod (2001). North Beach Surf Club Management Plan. Kass, Terry (2010). A Thematic History of the City of Wollongong. Organ, Michael (1993). Illawarra and South Coast Aboriginies 1770-1900. Rogers, Brian (1988).