Living large is a celebration of all things large that relate to the Illawarra. From massive infrastructure like the Seacliff Bridge to quirky shaped vegetables grown by local residents, this exhibition is sure to put a big smile on your face.
You can see the Living Large exhibition on display
from 10 June until 23 August at Wollongong Library.
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
or to order high resolution copies of images, go to:
P01427 House being moved, Point Street Bulli 1968 
P03609 “Honeycomb” World Champion 1900’s 
P06644 Giant ladle Port Kembla 1960’s 
P08376 Fort Drummond at Mount St Thomas 1942 
P15697 Large Cub Scout Group, Mt Keira 1958 
P18556 Viva La Gong, Wollongong 2001 
P18936 Prawn Play Sculpture, Berkeley 2008 
P21112 Chimney Stack demolition, Port Kembla 2014 
P22167 Vagabond Majestic Wollongong Harbour 1989 
P22366 Viaduct, Stanwell Park 1985 
P22380 Large Pipe for railway line 1990 
P22430 Giant chess set, McCabe Park 1979 
P23128 Warehouse fire, Port Kembla 1994 
P24305 Crown street Mall 1986 
P24693 Festival of Wollongong Parade 1990 
P24698 George Donikian with Clydesdale 1990 
P24966 Spring into Corrimal 1982 
P28776 Police escort large load, 1963 
P30477 Smokestack Port Kembla1990 
P31348 Building of Sea Cliff Bridge 2005 
P32989 Ron Whitford and Senior Constable Johnston 1985 
P34205 Dredging our large Lake Illawarra, 1965 
P34211 Vietnam War protest Crown Street, 1965 
P38506 Sea Cliff Bridge 2020 
P38507 Sea Cliff Bridge 2020 
P39449 Warilla Beach 1981 
P40572 Coal truck drivers’ protest, Mt Ousley 1979 
P42021 Clive Hunt and son Brett, Warilla 1966 
P43825 Landslide near Coalcliff 1927 
P44336 Mrs J. Bedford with cucumber, Warrawong 1967 
P44413 Mrs. Brown with giant carrot, Wollongong 1967 
P44926 Mrs Ploss with giant salad servers, Wollongong 1967 
P44932 Mr Andy Faulds giant pumpkins Woonona 1967 
P45078 Noel Price with giant choko, Mt. Pleasant 1967 
P45397 Vic Bartolome and Mayor Bevan 1967 
P45398 Vic Bartolome and Mayor Bevan 1967 
P47016 Juli Essenberg with giant plant, Primbee 1967 
P47156 Mrs Riseborough with giant poppy 1967 
P47617 Enid Gordon & Alex Richardson Shoal Bay 1967 
P47722 Mr A Payne Lakeline Drive in Dapto 1967 
P48099 Giant Onions, Wollongong 1968
