The Tongarra Heritage Society in Shellharbour, New South Wales | History Museum

The Tongarra Heritage Society

Locality: Shellharbour, New South Wales

Phone: +61 431 100 497

Address: Shellharbour City Centre 2529 Shellharbour, NSW, Australia

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25.01.2022 An early photo of Little Park Shellharbour showing a few of the fig trees under which families sheltered in 1842 when Caroline Chisholm brought them to Shellharbour by coastal vessel.The jetty was built in 1859 and the breakwater in 1879 so getting to shore would have been a challenge for them. A little girl ,from one of the families,remembered sleeping under the stars that night with their luggage and furniture all around them. Photo c.1950 Photo and story courtesy of Shellharbour City Museum.

24.01.2022 Chambers Bakery Lake South 1943. Flour was delivered to to the bakery from the mills in Sydney by train to Albion Park Station where it was collected by truck and taken to the bakery. The Chambers brothers had bought the bakery from their father in the early 1940's. The bakery was a general store as well as living quarters for the brothers. Bread was delivered as far south as Bombo. Photo courtesy of Shellharbour City Museum.

23.01.2022 Dunmore /Shellharbour railway station and tne Stationmaster's residence was opened in 1887 and because it crossed the Shellharbour Rd. at the Princess Highway the level crossing was the responsibility of the stationmaster (no automatic gates in those days) The station was situated 2 miles from the Shellharbour township people had to find transport to and from the station. The opening of the railway changed many things for Shellharbour and saw the decline of the local shipping industry.

18.01.2022 Breakwater Shellharbour built in 1879, extended and raised in 1880. Local members of our society have noticed a deterioration in the condition of this iconic structure and have raised concerns with our council and local members of parliment. Become involved in your local heritage, new members are most welcome. We meet on the 3rd Thursday of every month at 2pm at the City of Shellharbour Civic Centre.

17.01.2022 The Tongarra Heritage Society has books that members have researched and writtten about our city. This publication focuses on Albion Park and is available for purchase from the secretary of our society. Email contact: [email protected]

14.01.2022 This photo is of Shellharbour's first cemetery and research carried out by our members,Wendy and Terry Nunan, has resulted in a book SHELLHARBOUR'S FORGOTTEN CEMETERY AND SELECTED PIONEERS. Our current project is assisting the museum's curator upload information onto a computer program that can then be made available to the public

11.01.2022 Warilla Shops on the corner of Shellharbour Road and George Street taken from the Sth. West Corner late 1950's.

11.01.2022 ALBION PARK HOTEL late 1940s Situated on the s/w corner of Tongarra Rd. and Terry St., Gabriel Timbs built the hotel 1879 and leased the hotel to James Condon and in 1881 sold it William Bendon. John and Margaret Martin bought the hotel in 1884. Eventually John O'Gorman purchased the hotel in 1908 and the family ran the hotel until after WW11.

11.01.2022 The Illawarra Co-Operative Central Dairy (I.C.C.D) was established in 1899 and built beside the railway on land donated by H.R.Fuller.Two steam engines drove the machinery and the refridgeration plant .By1905 milk was delivered to Sydney in hermatically sealed tanks and in 1956 was producing Warrilla Butter. The factory was closed in 1985 and can still be seen as you travel through Albion Park Rail on the train at the level crossing.

09.01.2022 Tanks and wells were an essential part of households prior to the 1940-50's when water from the Neapean system was brought to our municipality (as it was then known). Water was piped across Windang Bridge to supply Lake South in the 1940's and in the 1950's public water was connected at Albion Park and Shellharbour. Our monthly meeting tomorrow Thursday 21st will give us an insight into Sydney Water come and join us in the Councillor's dining room at the Shellharbour Civic Centre at 2pm.

05.01.2022 CELEBRATING 160 YEARS The is the first Shellharbour Council Chambers. Prior to this building being erected , meetings were held in the Peterborough Store on the N/W corner of Addison St. and Mary St. Shellharbour. Shellharbour was declared a municipality on the 4th of June 1859. Memoribilla is on display at the Shellharbour Civic Centre. Photo: courtesy of Shellharbour Images. Ref: 150 Years of Shellharbour -D. Gillis.

05.01.2022 Windang Bridge was built in 1938 and was replaced by the concrete 4 lane bridge in 1972.The beams on the old bridge were horizontal which made it a bumpy ride and the noise of cars crossing could be heard some distance from the bridge.(amended date from 1973 to 1972 the four lanes were completed by 1972).