Tarrawanna, New South Wales
Suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
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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.
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| Coordinates: 34°22.7′S 150°53.3′E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| City | Wollongong | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 21 m (69 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 2,184 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2518 | ||||||||||||
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Education
Tarrawanna has a primary school, Tarrawanna Public School on Kendall Street.
Culture
The Australian stoner rock band Tumbleweed was formed in Tarrawanna in 1990.[2]
Seminal Australian punk rock band The Proton Energy Pills named its 2003 anthology "Rocket To Tarrawanna" in honour of the suburb where its members lived and met.
