Huntley, New South Wales (Wollongong)

Huntley is a suburb of the City of Wollongong to the west of Dapto. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 66.[2]

Huntley
WollongongNew South Wales
Huntley is located in New South Wales
Huntley
Huntley
Coordinates34°29′50″S 150°44′07″E / 34.49722°S 150.73528°E / -34.49722; 150.73528
Population66 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)2530
LGA(s)City of Wollongong
State electorate(s)Shellharbour
Federal division(s)Whitlam
Suburbs around Huntley:
Wongawilli Horsley
Avon Huntley Cleveland
Avondale

The Geographical Names Board of New South Wales assigned the name of Huntley to the suburb on 5 August 2005.[3] It had previously been called West Dapto or considered to be part of Avondale. It was named after a coal mine located within its boundary. The mine's name "Huntley" came from Huntly, a coal mining town in the North Island of New Zealand, which originally had this spelling. The original owners of the Huntley colliery, Illawarra Coal, had associations with the New Zealand mine.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Huntley (Wollongong - NSW) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Huntley (Wollongong - NSW)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 May 2024.  
  3. ^ "Huntley". Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. New South Wales Government. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Suburb Profiles: Huntley". Wollongong City Libraries. Retrieved 17 July 2017.