Shellharbour (also known as Shellharbour Village) is a suburb located in the
Illawarra
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region of
New South Wales
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, Australia. It also gives its name to the
local government
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area,
City of Shellharbour, and its central business district,
Shellharbour City Centre
Shellharbour City Centre is the central business district of the City of Shellharbour, located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia (not to be confused with the suburb, Shellharbour). Its name reflects its status as the comm ...
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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.
Shellharbour hosts Harbourside Markets on the fourth Sunday of the month, in Little Park.
History and culture
The area was inhabited by indigenous Australians for thousands of years. European habitation began from about 1817 onwards.
Shellharbour was originally known as ''Yerrowah'' and later as ''Peterborough''.
Shellharbour's coastline is littered with 9 shipwrecks, and other historical sites like Bass Point which is home to various Aboriginal archaeological evidence. The shipwrecks date back to 1851, and are all protected under the State NSW Heritage Act 1977 & Commonwealth Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976.
Shipwrecks include:
* Alexander Berry – Wrecked at Bass Point on 1 July 1901.
* Amphitrite – Ran aground at Shellharbour on 15 May 1851.
* Bertha – Wrecked in a gale on 9 September 1879.
* Cities Service Boston – Went ashore at Bass Point on 16 May 1943.
* Comboyne – Wrecked off Bass Point on 27 November 1920.
* Echo – Wrecked near Long Point on 21 March 1863.
* Franz – Wrecked near Lake Illawarra on 9 September 1879.
* Our Own – Ran aground at Bass Point on 21 August 1880.
Facilities
Shellharbour is undergoing extensive development with the construction of many new retail outlets and home-units. The main street is Addison Street, with many footpath cafés and shops and the Roo Theatre Company, running through the town and ending with the Ocean Beach Hotel opposite the harbour. Adjacent to the harbour is the
Beverley Whitfield saltwater swimming pool and across from the Shellharbour Beach facilities is the Beverley Whitfield park, containing the Tom "Scout" Willoughby cricket oval.
Demographics
According to the
2016 census
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Films
* ''Pathinaaru'' or ''Sixteen'', a 2010 Tamil film
* ''Sixteen'' (1943 film), a 1943 Argentine film dir ...
of population, there were 3,561 people in Shellharbour.
* Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.
* 75.9% of people were born in Australia. The next most common country of birth was England 4.9%.
* 85.2% of people only spoke English at home.
* The most common responses for religion were Catholic 29.7%, No Religion 23.6% and Anglican 19.6%.
Notable people
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Edward Allen - politician
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Josh Bingham - soccer player
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Trudy Burke
Trudy Burke (born 15 April 1991) is an Australian association football player, who currently plays for North Shore Mariners.
Club career
Burke started out her sporting career as a promising cricketer, playing in first-grade competition in Sy ...
- soccer player
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Ron Costello - rugby league player
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Adam Docker - rugby league player
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Jai Field - Rugby League Player / Super League Player
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John Daniel FitzGerald - politician
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Caitlin Foord - soccer player
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Jackson Ford - rugby league player
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Madeline Heiner - runner
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Beau Henry - rugby league player
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Rikeya Horne - rugby league player
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Michelle Heyman - soccer player
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Kane Linnett - soccer player
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Dan Palmer - rugby union player
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Ellen Perez - tennis player
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John Reid - politician
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Casey Sablowski
Casey Sablowski (née Eastham; born 19 March 1989, in Shellharbour) is an Australian women's field hockey player. Sablowski plays as a midfielder.
She made her debut for the Australia women's national hockey team, commonly referred to as the ...
- hockey player
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David Smith - canoeist
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Alexander Volkanovski - UFC Champion
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Adam Zampa - cricketer
References
External links
Shellharbour City Council websiteTourism Shellharbour website
City of Shellharbour
Suburbs of Wollongong
1817 establishments in Australia
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