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Tarrawanna
WollongongNew South Wales
Corrimal to Tarrawanna.jpg
Overlooking Tarrawanna (bottom right) and surrounding suburbs from the west.
Tarrawanna is located in New South Wales
Tarrawanna
Tarrawanna
Location in New South Wales
Population 2,069 (2016 census)
Postcode(s) 2518
Elevation 21 m (69 ft)
Location
LGA(s) City of Wollongong
State electorate(s) Keira
Federal Division(s) Cunningham
Suburbs around Tarrawanna:
Corrimal Corrimal
Tarrawanna Towradgi
Balgownie Fernhill Towradgi

Tarrawanna is a northern suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, extending westward from the Princes Highway over the Illawarra Escarpment. Tarrawanna's main street Meadow Street has a few shops including cafes, a brewery, a Thai restaurant, a post office, a fish and chips shop and a grocer.

Education

Tarrawanna has a primary school, Tarrawanna Public School on Kendall Street.

Culture

Seminal Australian grunge band The Proton Energy Pills named its 2003 anthology "Rocket To Tarrawanna" in honour of the suburb where its members lived and met.

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