{"id":36637,"date":"2022-01-26T07:53:01","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T18:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/?p=36637"},"modified":"2022-01-26T07:53:01","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T18:53:01","slug":"how-illawarra-mining-town-wongawilli-has-become-part-of-20000-home-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/how-illawarra-mining-town-wongawilli-has-become-part-of-20000-home-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"How Illawarra mining town Wongawilli has become part of 20,000-home expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PHOTO: The expanding town of Wongawilli lies at the foot of the Illawarra escarpment.<cite class=\"_3gxdk _3rsys _1srG4 _3PhF6 _10YQT _2Cu8q\" data-component=\"Figure__cite\">(<span class=\"_16znc _3rsys _1cBaI _3PhF6 _10YQT _2Cu8q\" data-component=\"Byline\"><span class=\"_3rsys _1srG4 _3PhF6 _10YQT _2Cu8q\" data-component=\"Text\">ABC Illawarra: Justin Huntsdale<\/span><\/span>)<\/cite><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">A former small coal and farming town is being transformed into a unique outpost of urban expansion in the Illawarra, south of Sydney.<\/p>\n<div class=\"_2X-83 g1U-R v-gc3\">\n<section class=\"_1uHEE _2Mryn\" role=\"contentinfo\" aria-label=\"key points\" data-component=\"KeyPoints\">\n<h2 class=\"wYJvU _1o1Da _1cBaI _18377 _2yZBa _3I3Xh _2uBSR _10YQT _1lh6E\" data-component=\"Heading\">Key points:<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"_1PvbE\" role=\"list\" data-component=\"List\">\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\">Wongawilli, a small mining town near\u00a0Wollongong, is being transformed into a new suburb<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\">The overall urban expansion in the Illawarra will be the equivalent in size to a\u00a0city larger than Coffs Harbour<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\">Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery says the area poses\u00a0significant geographical challenges as it regularly floods<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"entry-featured-img-wrap\"><a class=\"entry-featured-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/a-surfing-gurus-complete-guide-to-making-a-sea-change\/\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-hoot-medium-thumb entry-content-featured-img entry-grid-featured-img wp-post-image jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.propertynoise.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Rip-Curl-chief-executive-Brooke-Farris.jpeg?resize=460%2C270&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.propertynoise.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Rip-Curl-chief-executive-Brooke-Farris.jpeg?resize=460%2C270&amp;ssl=1 460w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.propertynoise.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Rip-Curl-chief-executive-Brooke-Farris.jpeg?zoom=2&amp;resize=460%2C270&amp;ssl=1 920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.propertynoise.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Rip-Curl-chief-executive-Brooke-Farris.jpeg?zoom=3&amp;resize=460%2C270&amp;ssl=1 1380w\" alt=\"Rip Curl\" width=\"460\" height=\"270\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-grid-content\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/a-surfing-gurus-complete-guide-to-making-a-sea-change\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">A surfing guru\u2019s complete guide to making a sea change<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">Wongawilli sits in the foothills of the escarpment just 20 minutes&#8217; drive from the Wollongong CBD.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">It marks the western edge of the West Dapto Urban Release Area which will add 20,000 homes to the region, the equivalent of a city larger than Coffs Harbour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">The population shrank to just 141 in 2016, but all that is changing rapidly with about 450 homes now either completed or under construction, along with a new childcare centre and a general store with a cafe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">&#8220;The area really does still have its own identity,&#8221; says Terence Watts, owner\u00a0of the soon-to-open Smiths Lane Dairy store\u00a0and Wollongong wine bar The Throsby.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"_2X-83 g1U-R _1VIKT\" data-component=\"Pullquote\">\n<blockquote class=\"_2Bzft\">\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">&#8220;It still has its own identity of that cute little suburb that is sitting under the mountains that&#8217;s really romantic and lovely.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"_2XhY1 _2X-83 g1U-R _3V6uS\" role=\"group\" data-print=\"inline-media\" aria-labelledby=\"100777518\" data-component=\"Figure\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/imageproxy\/100777518\">\n<div class=\"_3C2ok\" data-component=\"IntersectionObserver\">\n<div class=\"_3C5J1\" data-component=\"AspectRatioContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"_1sqAO WIJbJ\" src=\"https:\/\/live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au\/7479cad20ea71ed9a89a2bd290bbe1fd?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&amp;cropH=2688&amp;cropW=4032&amp;xPos=0&amp;yPos=335&amp;width=862&amp;height=575\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"a smiling young man stands in front of a shop window\" data-component=\"Image\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"100777518\" class=\"_1WKJ_ _3rsys _1srG4 _3PhF6 _10YQT _2Cu8q\" data-component=\"Figure__figcaption\"><em><strong>Terence Watts owns the Smith Lane Dairy store, which is due to open next month.<cite class=\"_3gxdk _3rsys _1srG4 _3PhF6 _10YQT _2Cu8q\" data-component=\"Figure__cite\">(<span class=\"_16znc _3rsys _1cBaI _3PhF6 _10YQT _2Cu8q\" data-component=\"Byline\"><span class=\"_3rsys _1srG4 _3PhF6 _10YQT _2Cu8q\" data-component=\"Text\">ABC Illawarra: Nick McLaren<\/span><\/span>)<\/cite><\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">Mr Watts wants his new establishment to provide locals with not just coffees, but also specialist dairy products.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">&#8220;We have got a really big focus obviously with the history of the dairy with selling loads of cheeses from places like Pecora Dairy, Cupitt&#8217;s in Ulladulla, the Tilba [Real] Dairy and loads of other smaller cheese producers like the Pines in Kiama as well,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"_3HiYf _2K_6X _1cBaI _2b-O4 _2yZBa _3I3Xh _2uBSR _10YQT _1lh6E\" data-component=\"Heading\">Rich mining history<\/h2>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">It&#8217;s a monumental shift from the area&#8217;s main history as a coal mining town.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">Historian Glenn Mitchell says early works on the mine were carried out by Wollongong businessman Andrew Lang in the late 1800s, but things really started to take off when the Hoskins family, owner of the Lithgow Steelworks, bought the mine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">&#8220;When Hoskins buys the mine in 1915, 1916 he&#8217;s got capital and he&#8217;s got technological know-how,&#8221; Dr Mitchell said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"_2XhY1 _2X-83 g1U-R _3V6uS\" role=\"group\" data-print=\"inline-media\" aria-labelledby=\"100777240\" data-component=\"Figure\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/imageproxy\/100777240\">\n<div class=\"_3C2ok\" data-component=\"IntersectionObserver\">\n<div class=\"_3C5J1\" data-component=\"AspectRatioContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"_1sqAO WIJbJ\" src=\"https:\/\/live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au\/c3cab74cf8d7f31d69739981e72cf4ad?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&amp;cropH=1928&amp;cropW=2888&amp;xPos=60&amp;yPos=0&amp;width=862&amp;height=575\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"a black and white photo of train tracks with mining buildings behind \" data-component=\"Image\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"100777240\" class=\"_1WKJ_ _3rsys _1srG4 _3PhF6 _10YQT _2Cu8q\" data-component=\"Figure__figcaption\"><em><strong>Wongawilli mine was part of the coal and steel industrial boom across the Illawarra in the 1930s and 40s.<cite class=\"_3gxdk _3rsys _1srG4 _3PhF6 _10YQT 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