Location
Cringila is a densely populated southern suburb in the city of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. The suburb is bounded by Berkeley, Unanderra, Lake Heights and Warrawong.
Cringila Community Park is a 78 ha site purchased by Wollongong City Council after residents defeated a proposal by BHP to use the land as a dump for industrial waste. Its main purpose is to regenerate the local area’s natural wildlife. Surrounding Cringila’s primary school is a protected rain forest. (wikipedia)
History
The word Cringila is an Aboriginal name – the town was formerly called Steeltown. In 1928 the first blast furnace opened up at the Port Kembla steelworks.
In 1935 the first public school opened, it was known as Steel Town School. In 1957 Cringila Public School opened. (wikipedia)
Places of Interest
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