Port Kembla, New South Wales
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View of Port Kembla from Hill 60 Park looking North West at sunset | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 34°28′32″S 150°54′01″E / 34.47556°S 150.90028°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| City | Wollongong | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 19 m (62 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 5,088 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+11 (AEDT) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2505 | ||||||||||||
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Port Kembla is a suburb of Wollongong 10 km south of the CBD and part of the Illawarra region of New South Wales. The suburb comprises a seaport, industrial complex (one of the largest in Australia), a small harbour foreshore nature reserve, and a small commercial sector. It is situated on the tip of Red Point: its first European sighting was by Captain James Cook in 1770. The name "Kembla" is an Aboriginal word meaning "plenty [of] wild fowl".