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Fun fact 4 about Wollongong

Wollongong and Port Kembla from Mount Keira (2)
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Wollongong has a distinctly multicultural population, with many migrants attracted to the area by job opportunities at the Port Kembla steelworks in the post-war period.

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Wollongong

Australia

Country
Australia
Population
312.1K
Coordinates
-34.43, 150.89
636th most populous city in the world

Wollongong is a city in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. It lies on the narrow coastal strip between the Illawarra Escarpment and the Pacific Ocean, 85 kilometres south of Sydney.

From the “Demographics” section

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: Andrew Harvey · CC BY 2.0