Mount Warrigal is a large suburb of

Shellharbour Shellharbour (also known as Shellharbour Village) is a suburb located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. It also gives its name to the local government area, City of Shellharbour, and its central business district, Shellha ...

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. The population, according to the 2021 Australian Census, was 4,880. The suburb is in the Shellharbour City LGA.

Geography

The suburb includes "Native Dog Hill", elevation 76 m., and its surrounding areas. To the north and west are the shores of

Lake Illawarra Lake Illawarra (Australian Aboriginal languages, Aboriginal Tharawal language: various adaptions of ''Elouera'', ''Eloura'', or ''Allowrie''; ''Illa'', ''Wurra'', or ''Warra'' meaning pleasant place near the sea, or, high place near the sea, or, ...

. With its high elevation above the surrounding areas and close proximity to the lake, the suburb has excellent views of the

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to the east, Lake Illawarra and the

Illawarra Escarpment The Illawarra escarpment, or officially the Illawarra Range, is the fold-created cliffs and plateau-eroded outcrop mountain range west of the Illawarra coastal plain south of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The range enclose ...

to both the north and west, and

Blackbutt Reserve Blackbutt Reserve is a nature reserve in the Newcastle region of New South Wales, Australia. Location Blackbutt Reserve is located between New Lambton and Kotara. The north and west of the reserve is on Lookout Road and the south is on Carnley ...

to the south. Neighbouring suburbs include

Warilla Warilla is a seaside suburb of the City of Shellharbour, Australia within the Wollongong urban area. It is one of the more established areas and is between the suburbs of Mount Warrigal, New South Wales, Mount Warrigal in the west, Barrack Heigh ...

, Barrack Heights and

Oak Flats Oak Flats is a suburb of Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia situated on the south western shores of Lake Illawarra and within the Illawarra region of New South Wales. It is a residential area, which had a population of 6,840 at the . Oak ...

Facilities

Shellharbour Hospital is located in Madigan Boulevard, Mount Warrigal. Mount Warrigal also has two small shopping complexes and many public reserves, including Freeman Park which is the only dedicated sporting field. The

Stockland Shellharbour Stockland Shellharbour (previously known as Shellharbour Square) is a large indoor/outdoor Shopping center, shopping centre in the Shellharbour City Centre, New South Wales, Shellharbour City Centre of the Illawarra region. Transport Stocklan ...

shopping centre is in close proximity to the suburb. At the top of the hill is the Mt Warrigal Nursing Home.

Education

Lake Illawarra High School Lake Illawarra High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located on Reddall Parade, which follows the shores of Lake Illawarra, in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. Established in ...

is on the suburb's north east boundary. The suburb has a

primary school A primary school (in Ireland, India, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, and Singapore), elementary school, or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary ...

, Mount Warrigal Public School established in 1967.

Notable people

Caitlin Foord Caitlin Jade Foord (born 11 November 1994) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Women's Super League club Arsenal W.F.C., Arsenal and the Australian women's national soccer team, ...

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

player, played with the

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Arsenal An arsenal is a place where arms and ammunition are made, maintained and repaired, stored, or issued, in any combination, whether privately or publicly owned. Arsenal and armoury (British English) or armory (American English) are mostly ...

and

Sydney FC Sydney Football Club, commonly known as Sydney FC, is a professional association football, soccer club based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. They compete in the top-tier men's league in Australia, the A-League Men. Established in 2004, ...

Brett Lee Brett Lee (born 8 November 1976) is an Australian former international cricketer, who played all three formats of the game. During his international career, Lee was recognised as one of the fastest bowlers in the world. With his time representin ...

- international cricketer, played Tests, One Day Internationals and T20 Internationals for Australia. *

Shane Lee Shane Lee may refer to: * Shane Lee (American football) (born 2000), American football player * Shane Lee (cricketer) (born 1973), Australian cricketer * Shane Lee (racing driver) (born 1993), American stock car racing driver {{hndis, Lee, Sha ...

- international cricket, played One Day Internationals for Australia. * Natalie Bassingsthwaite - singer, actress and television personality, starred in the Australian Television series Neighbours.

References

External links

Mount Warrigal Public School

Shellharbour City
{{Wollongong suburbs City of Shellharbour Suburbs of Wollongong