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so people from nowra are from wollongong, how ignorant are the people who write this crap? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xposya ( talk • contribs) 11:58, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
Mount Kembla 1902 disaster verification: http://www.illawarracoal.com/mtkembla.htm -- Tim Starling 03:52, Nov 2, 2003 (UTC)
The Wollongong City Council website has a link which contains the official flag of the city ( http://www.wollongong.nsw.gov.au/council/flag.asp). Should the image of the flag be shown in the article?-- Bacturin ( talk) 03:30, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
Albion Park High School, far from being as notable as other schools on the list, is located in Shellharbour and not Wollongong. A reference can be found in Wikipedia itself [1]
What makes catholic such as holly spirit more notable than say corimal high school? Just because it is not a state owned and operated school does not make it notable.
Wollongong has a quasi-selective (it's a feeder school, but only takes selective out of area enrolments) sports high school - Illawarra Sports High. It's located in Berkeley and was established in 1958 (as Berkeley High School, became Berkeley Sports High in 1996 and Illawarra Sports High in 1998). Shouldn't it be listed? Dazcha 08:17, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
The opening sentence says Wollongong in Aborigine means "Sound of the sea", but later says the actual name Wollongong is of Aboriginal origin and is said to mean "five islands". So which is it? -- Imroy 19:12, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
I would go for the "Sound of the sea". Source: http://www.wollongong.nsw.gov.au/library/localinfo/place.html#W (You may have to scroll down a bit to find Wollongong). -- RobertM 01:38, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
The general concensus as to the meaning of Wollongong is that it is "Sound (or Song) of the Sea". Im going to remove the other bit.
-- Amandajm 12:18, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
If Wollongong is believed to mean "seas of the South", then it must have been named that by Europeans, not the local Aborigines. They would not have had the same concept of south, and if they did, at that time the south coast of New South Wales would have been the south coast of Australia. Jorgerine ( talk) 10:08, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
According to the "Lillput - Aboriginal Place Names" first published by A.H. & A.W. Reed in 1968, the origin of the word/name Wollongong has a few "explanations", Cite error: There are<ref>
tags on this page without content in them (see the help page). 1. From "woolyunyah or five islands" 2. "Hard ground near the water" 3. See, the monster comes! This was an expression of fear when the Aborigines saw a ship in full sail for the first time and was pronounced "nwoolyarngungli". Another "same local" reference is also made about the "fear" aspect of this in the name/word Cite error: There are<ref>
tags on this page without content in them (see the help page). Gerringong - Fearful, I fear myself. It was at this point that the Aborigines first saw the sails of Cook's "Endeavour" out at sea and expressed their fear. The book Cite error: There are<ref>
tags on this page without content in them (see the help page)., while extremely small (had to use a magnifying glass to read the "Forward"" - about 50mm x 35mm is a very interesting source. Mt Keira is sourced from the word/name Cite error: There are<ref>
tags on this page without content in them (see the help page). Gheera: A wild turkey. My first contribution to this most valuable resource. Derrilin in Aboriginal Cite error: There are<ref>
tags on this page without content in them (see the help page). means "Falling Star" and I am related to the "Wiradjuri" people. Derrilin ( talk) 21:09, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
The census section states "Income: The median weekly individual income for people aged 15 years and over in the 2001 Census was $300-$399". I can't understand how this could be true, as it would mean that assuming an average of ~40 hours a week, the average hourly income is $7.5-10/hr. I can understand that this could be true of 15-18 year olds, perhaps, but that equates to a yearly salary of $~15000-20000 a year, WELL below the national average. Are Wollongonians (?) really that underpaid? Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 08:08, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
Agreed im gonna have a look into it, i attend uni and only work 2 days a week and earn this much... Virtual circuit 01:27, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
arts - hi I would like to contribute an article on the arts in wollongong - dispersing the myth that this is a cultural "desert" - I put some stuff up a while ago - but it got taken down - im not sure why? i'm new to wiki - so i found it hard to include an arts section ! im not sure it even worked proberly ! [This unsigned comment was left by 150.101.112.121 (Contribs) at 03:07, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
I think the reference to Wollongong Warriors being a Quidditch team is mentioned in the book "Quidditch Through the Ages" [2] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 58.108.87.138 ( talk) 17:54, 18 February 2007 (UTC).
It says Aboriginals under the picture of the Aboriginal dancers, thats wrong, Aboriginal is the adjective, so it should say Aboriginal dancers, or Aborigines, which is the noun. so im going to change it. -- Jameogle ( talk) 01:57, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
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Does that mean they all have to be changed or can stay until they are replaced with other photos . Adam ( talk) 03:59, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
As a local I have never heard the name Woonwongarang mentioned in the Geography section. I can't find any reference to it on the web (other than this Wikipedia article and derived articles), and it isn't listed in the Geographical Names Register. Can anyone provide a citation for this ? If not then I propose it be removed. -- Grogan deYobbo ( talk) 02:49, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
Wollongongonians now have a local user Category:Wikipedians in Wollongong, New South Wales and userbox Template:User Wollongong, New South Wales available. Cheers. -- Grogan deYobbo ( talk) 07:41, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
I have to say I agree with the commentators saying that making the bare Wollongong article about the combined City of Wollongong, City of Shellharbour, and City of Kiama metro area is ill-considered.
An example given to justify this decision is that the Sydney metro area contains several LGA cities. Wollongong is easily distinguished from Sydney metro area in this respect.
The most common usage of Wollongong is to Wollongong city, the greater Wollongong usage of this page is obscure. This is demonstrated by the references to Wollongong in other Wikipedia articles, all tourism references and general web references. It is also apparent from the content of this article, with most of the references throughout to Wollongong City.
I suggest this article be renamed as Wollongong Metropolitan Area, to avoid confusion. We can then either move the City of Wollongong article to this one, or set up a disambig page as appropriate. -- Inas66 ( talk) 01:59, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
Contrary to your statement that regions do not have a definition, If you are going to use the ABS statistical divisions as definitive definitions (part of the rationale for the continued existence of this article), Illawarra has as much definition you this hypothetical and weirdly over-inflated Wollongong. Two overlapping regions are the result. Using the ABS SD definition has the unfortunate side-effect of making the Illawarra utterly unrecognisable to a local (making the Illawarra extend almost all the way to Bateman's Bay is so far from common usage that it becomes another classic Wikipedia failure). The article needs a note added at the top that tells non-locals that the Wollongong entity being discussed is an artefact of Wikipedia and the ABS statistical collection structure and does not reflect common usage. That way the article can go on existing, which I understand is important to the author, but makes it less misleading to the poor souls who stumble over it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.33.208.54 ( talk) 10:17, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
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so people from nowra are from wollongong, how ignorant are the people who write this crap? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xposya ( talk • contribs) 11:58, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
Mount Kembla 1902 disaster verification: http://www.illawarracoal.com/mtkembla.htm -- Tim Starling 03:52, Nov 2, 2003 (UTC)
The Wollongong City Council website has a link which contains the official flag of the city ( http://www.wollongong.nsw.gov.au/council/flag.asp). Should the image of the flag be shown in the article?-- Bacturin ( talk) 03:30, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
Albion Park High School, far from being as notable as other schools on the list, is located in Shellharbour and not Wollongong. A reference can be found in Wikipedia itself [1]
What makes catholic such as holly spirit more notable than say corimal high school? Just because it is not a state owned and operated school does not make it notable.
Wollongong has a quasi-selective (it's a feeder school, but only takes selective out of area enrolments) sports high school - Illawarra Sports High. It's located in Berkeley and was established in 1958 (as Berkeley High School, became Berkeley Sports High in 1996 and Illawarra Sports High in 1998). Shouldn't it be listed? Dazcha 08:17, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
The opening sentence says Wollongong in Aborigine means "Sound of the sea", but later says the actual name Wollongong is of Aboriginal origin and is said to mean "five islands". So which is it? -- Imroy 19:12, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
I would go for the "Sound of the sea". Source: http://www.wollongong.nsw.gov.au/library/localinfo/place.html#W (You may have to scroll down a bit to find Wollongong). -- RobertM 01:38, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
The general concensus as to the meaning of Wollongong is that it is "Sound (or Song) of the Sea". Im going to remove the other bit.
-- Amandajm 12:18, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
If Wollongong is believed to mean "seas of the South", then it must have been named that by Europeans, not the local Aborigines. They would not have had the same concept of south, and if they did, at that time the south coast of New South Wales would have been the south coast of Australia. Jorgerine ( talk) 10:08, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
According to the "Lillput - Aboriginal Place Names" first published by A.H. & A.W. Reed in 1968, the origin of the word/name Wollongong has a few "explanations", Cite error: There are<ref>
tags on this page without content in them (see the help page). 1. From "woolyunyah or five islands" 2. "Hard ground near the water" 3. See, the monster comes! This was an expression of fear when the Aborigines saw a ship in full sail for the first time and was pronounced "nwoolyarngungli". Another "same local" reference is also made about the "fear" aspect of this in the name/word Cite error: There are<ref>
tags on this page without content in them (see the help page). Gerringong - Fearful, I fear myself. It was at this point that the Aborigines first saw the sails of Cook's "Endeavour" out at sea and expressed their fear. The book Cite error: There are<ref>
tags on this page without content in them (see the help page)., while extremely small (had to use a magnifying glass to read the "Forward"" - about 50mm x 35mm is a very interesting source. Mt Keira is sourced from the word/name Cite error: There are<ref>
tags on this page without content in them (see the help page). Gheera: A wild turkey. My first contribution to this most valuable resource. Derrilin in Aboriginal Cite error: There are<ref>
tags on this page without content in them (see the help page). means "Falling Star" and I am related to the "Wiradjuri" people. Derrilin ( talk) 21:09, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
The census section states "Income: The median weekly individual income for people aged 15 years and over in the 2001 Census was $300-$399". I can't understand how this could be true, as it would mean that assuming an average of ~40 hours a week, the average hourly income is $7.5-10/hr. I can understand that this could be true of 15-18 year olds, perhaps, but that equates to a yearly salary of $~15000-20000 a year, WELL below the national average. Are Wollongonians (?) really that underpaid? Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 08:08, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
Agreed im gonna have a look into it, i attend uni and only work 2 days a week and earn this much... Virtual circuit 01:27, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
arts - hi I would like to contribute an article on the arts in wollongong - dispersing the myth that this is a cultural "desert" - I put some stuff up a while ago - but it got taken down - im not sure why? i'm new to wiki - so i found it hard to include an arts section ! im not sure it even worked proberly ! [This unsigned comment was left by 150.101.112.121 (Contribs) at 03:07, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
I think the reference to Wollongong Warriors being a Quidditch team is mentioned in the book "Quidditch Through the Ages" [2] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 58.108.87.138 ( talk) 17:54, 18 February 2007 (UTC).
It says Aboriginals under the picture of the Aboriginal dancers, thats wrong, Aboriginal is the adjective, so it should say Aboriginal dancers, or Aborigines, which is the noun. so im going to change it. -- Jameogle ( talk) 01:57, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
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Does that mean they all have to be changed or can stay until they are replaced with other photos . Adam ( talk) 03:59, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
As a local I have never heard the name Woonwongarang mentioned in the Geography section. I can't find any reference to it on the web (other than this Wikipedia article and derived articles), and it isn't listed in the Geographical Names Register. Can anyone provide a citation for this ? If not then I propose it be removed. -- Grogan deYobbo ( talk) 02:49, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
Wollongongonians now have a local user Category:Wikipedians in Wollongong, New South Wales and userbox Template:User Wollongong, New South Wales available. Cheers. -- Grogan deYobbo ( talk) 07:41, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
I have to say I agree with the commentators saying that making the bare Wollongong article about the combined City of Wollongong, City of Shellharbour, and City of Kiama metro area is ill-considered.
An example given to justify this decision is that the Sydney metro area contains several LGA cities. Wollongong is easily distinguished from Sydney metro area in this respect.
The most common usage of Wollongong is to Wollongong city, the greater Wollongong usage of this page is obscure. This is demonstrated by the references to Wollongong in other Wikipedia articles, all tourism references and general web references. It is also apparent from the content of this article, with most of the references throughout to Wollongong City.
I suggest this article be renamed as Wollongong Metropolitan Area, to avoid confusion. We can then either move the City of Wollongong article to this one, or set up a disambig page as appropriate. -- Inas66 ( talk) 01:59, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
Contrary to your statement that regions do not have a definition, If you are going to use the ABS statistical divisions as definitive definitions (part of the rationale for the continued existence of this article), Illawarra has as much definition you this hypothetical and weirdly over-inflated Wollongong. Two overlapping regions are the result. Using the ABS SD definition has the unfortunate side-effect of making the Illawarra utterly unrecognisable to a local (making the Illawarra extend almost all the way to Bateman's Bay is so far from common usage that it becomes another classic Wikipedia failure). The article needs a note added at the top that tells non-locals that the Wollongong entity being discussed is an artefact of Wikipedia and the ABS statistical collection structure and does not reflect common usage. That way the article can go on existing, which I understand is important to the author, but makes it less misleading to the poor souls who stumble over it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.33.208.54 ( talk) 10:17, 21 July 2013 (UTC)