The exhibition shows the variety of housing in the area over time and includes images of tents, caravans, shacks from the Depression era, cottages with a variety of architectural styles to high rise apartments and modern mansions.
To access jigsaw puzzles based on the images go to: Online puzzles
To view images and their captions, go to the slideshow below or click on individual images within the gallery.
To see more images from the Wollongong City Libraries’ Illawarra Images collection
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‘Rosebank’ Austinmer Photo 1941 (P23049) 
Caravan, Bulli Beach Photo 1980s (P22857) 
Moving house Bulli Photo 1960 (P03859) 
Miner’s cottage Scarborough Photo 1994 (P09698) 
‘Ferndale’ Sherbrooke Early 1900s (P02393) 
High rise units Wollongong Photo 1999 (P12599) 
‘Hillcrest’ Stanwell Park Home of Lawrence Hargrave Built 1888 Photo 1981 (P10073) 
‘Garrawarra’ public housing Wollongong Photo 2010 (P19606) 
‘Playden’ guesthouse Austinmer Photo 1925 (P08307) 
Miner’s cottage, Mt Kembla Phot 1990 (P22936) 
Tent at Coomaditchie 1930s (P12094) 
‘Tekopuro’ Wollongong 1915 (P14709) 
Steeltown cottage, Cringela Built 1937 (P19381) 
Weatherboard house Keiraville Early 1900s (P02065) 
Camping at Thirroul 1910 (P10199) 
Commonwealth cottage Photo 1999 (P17531) 
‘Gleniffer Brae’ West Wollongong Built 1938 (P07581) 
‘Aliummare’ Built late 1880s (P03175) 
Port Kembla 1943 (P10336) 
Fairy Meadow Hostel Built early 1950s (P04323) 
Coalcliff house Late 1800s (P26728) 
Circular hose, Stanwell Park Photo 2000 (P39915) 
‘Rhondella’ Kanahooka Photo 1994 (P07102) 
Car for home, Coomaditchie 1986 (P26032) 
Evelyn Owen’s house Wollongong Photo 1999 (P12833) 
Brick house, Fairy Meadow Photo 2000 (P39920) 
Home units Wollongong Photo 2007 (P18359) 
‘Howard Court’ Retirement units, Wollongong Photo 2000 (P39917) 
Last terraces in Wollongong Built 1886 (P05031) 
‘Lake Illawarra Hotel’ Brownsville Built 1897 (P03854) 
Octagonal house Thirroul Photo 2000 (P39906) 
Building a house Woonona 1950 (P07549) 
‘Interbane’ Stanwell Tops Built 1917 (P02470) 
Church converted to house, Thirroul Photo 2000 (P39910) 
Brick house, Fairy Meadow Photo 2000 (P39919) 
Schoolmaster’s residence Mt Keira Photo 1981 (P03073) 
‘Spoonerville’ Port Kembla Photo 1943 (P10334) 
Thirroul 1910 (P10223) 
Geodesic dome house, Stanwell Park Photo 2000 (P39912) 
‘Cintra’ Austinmer built 1930s (P00549) 
Villa Maria Nursing Home, Wollongong Photo 2000 (P39907) 
‘Interbane’, Stanwell Park Photo 2000 (P39911) 
Rotating house, Coalcliff Photo 2000 (P39913) 
Weatherboard house Wollongong Built early 1900s (P11371) 
Lewis Darcy’s hut Bulli Pass Early 1900s (P14994) 
‘Horsley’ West Dapto Drawing (P07544) 
Round house, Figtree Photo 2000 (P39908) 
‘Wyewurk’ Thirroul Built 1910 Home of DH Lawrence 1922 (P02431) 
‘Queen’s Hall Flats’ Photo 1960 (P04695) 
Clifftop house Austinmer Photo 2013 (P35879) 
Steelhaven Hostel Port Kembla Photo 1969 (P28425) 
Shanty town, Wollongong 1930s (P24243) 
Dapto Artillery Camp 1939 (P38697)