Wollongong

American

[wool-uhn-gawng, -gong] / ˈwʊl ənˌgɔŋ, -ˌgɒŋ /

noun

a seaport in E New South Wales, in E Australia.

Wollongong British

/ ˈwʊləŋˌɡɒŋ /

noun

a city in E Australia, in E New South Wales on the Pacific: an early centre of dairy farming; now a coal-mining and heavy industrial centre. Pop: 228 846 (2001)

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Co-author Dr. Haidee Cadd from the University of Wollongong in Australia emphasized the broader implications.

From Science Daily • Nov. 19, 2025

Authorities believe three-year-old Cheryl Grimmer was abducted from Fairy Meadow beach in Wollongong in January 1970.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2025

Its device was initially invented by researchers at the University of Wollongong in the state of New South Wales.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2024

Framed as a five-year emergency plan, it still informs policy today, said Michael R. Griffiths, a professor of English at the University of Wollongong.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2024

The point of Wollongong was formerly an island and is now only connected by drifted sandhills with the site of the township.

From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 by Mitchell, Thomas

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