Coniston, New South Wales
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Coniston is a suburb of Wollongong
in New South Wales
.
Coniston has one public primary school, east of the railway, and its main street is Gladstone Avenue which is the business center of the suburb. The suburb has a beach, Coniston Beach, to the east of Wollongong Golf Course, and Coniston railway station
is in the suburb's business centre. Coniston has a pub, Gilmore's Hotel Coniston which is a drinking establishment. Coniston is also home to the Coniston Juniors Football Club who play at McKinnon Park, north of the commercial district. The commercial area also has several specialty stores, including a tattoo parlour, pet hair salon, computer store, aforementioned pub, and grocery store. Coniston is bordered to the west by the hill suburbs of Mangerton
and Mount Saint Thomas, and from these good views of the suburb can be had. To the north is Wollongong City and the south Port Kembla
.
Coniston was formerly called Mount Drummond, or South Wollongong. It is still known by some residents of Wollongong as South Wollongong, though this term generally defines all the residential area below MacCabe Park.
A local landmark is the concrete office building on Bridge Street that for many years was Coniston's only one. This large building rises above the surrounding suburb and is well known locally. It formerly housed the head offices of the Illawarra County Council, which has since become Integral Energy
. Integral maintains a presence in the building, but the building and surrounding lower buildings are now now privately owned.
Coniston is just north of the Port Kembla Steelworks and includes the Greenhouse Park, a one time waste pile converted into a natural park area with a weather station. The hill, known locally as "The Overseer" has a lookout over the city and Port Kembla.
Coniston has been known as a low class area in the past, but since the early 2000s work has been in progress to revitalise it, including a new office block. Coniston is undergoing a demographic change as the children of the baby-boomers are moving out thus leaving empty nests. The original houses are being knocked down in favour of units as developers slowly encroach into the suburb.
Coniston also has a large population of Australians of Macedonian background - approximately 9 percent of the total population.
Wollongong, New South Wales
Wollongong is a seaside city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. It lies on the narrow coastal strip between the Illawarra Escarpment and the Pacific Ocean, 82 kilometres south of Sydney...
in New South Wales
New South Wales
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Coniston has one public primary school, east of the railway, and its main street is Gladstone Avenue which is the business center of the suburb. The suburb has a beach, Coniston Beach, to the east of Wollongong Golf Course, and Coniston railway station
Coniston railway station, New South Wales
-Transport links:Premier Illawarra runs five routes via Coniston railway station:*10 - Wollongong Loop.*11 - Wollongong Loop.*23 - Between North Beach and Figtree.*24 - Between North Beach and Figtree....
is in the suburb's business centre. Coniston has a pub, Gilmore's Hotel Coniston which is a drinking establishment. Coniston is also home to the Coniston Juniors Football Club who play at McKinnon Park, north of the commercial district. The commercial area also has several specialty stores, including a tattoo parlour, pet hair salon, computer store, aforementioned pub, and grocery store. Coniston is bordered to the west by the hill suburbs of Mangerton
Mangerton, New South Wales
Mangerton is an inner western suburb of the coastal city of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. Mount Mangerton is the name of the hill on which Mangerton resides mostly...
and Mount Saint Thomas, and from these good views of the suburb can be had. To the north is Wollongong City and the south Port Kembla
Port Kembla, New South Wales
Port Kembla is a suburb of Wollongong 8 km south of the CBD and part of the Illawarra region of New South Wales. The suburb comprises a seaport, industrial complex , a small harbour foreshore nature reserve, and a small commercial sector. It is situated on the tip of Red Point, first sighted...
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Coniston was formerly called Mount Drummond, or South Wollongong. It is still known by some residents of Wollongong as South Wollongong, though this term generally defines all the residential area below MacCabe Park.
A local landmark is the concrete office building on Bridge Street that for many years was Coniston's only one. This large building rises above the surrounding suburb and is well known locally. It formerly housed the head offices of the Illawarra County Council, which has since become Integral Energy
Integral Energy
Integral Energy is the second largest state-owned energy corporation in New South Wales, incorporated under the Energy Services Corporations Act 1995 from a merger between Prospect Electricity and Illawarra Electricity...
. Integral maintains a presence in the building, but the building and surrounding lower buildings are now now privately owned.
Coniston is just north of the Port Kembla Steelworks and includes the Greenhouse Park, a one time waste pile converted into a natural park area with a weather station. The hill, known locally as "The Overseer" has a lookout over the city and Port Kembla.
Coniston has been known as a low class area in the past, but since the early 2000s work has been in progress to revitalise it, including a new office block. Coniston is undergoing a demographic change as the children of the baby-boomers are moving out thus leaving empty nests. The original houses are being knocked down in favour of units as developers slowly encroach into the suburb.
Coniston also has a large population of Australians of Macedonian background - approximately 9 percent of the total population.