Wollongong Hospital

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Hospital in NSW, Australia

Wollongong Hospital

Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District
Geography
Location| Crown street, Wollongong, New South Wales, Illawarra, NSW, Australia
Coordinates| 34°25′30″S 150°52′58″E﻿ / ﻿34.4249°S 150.8827°E﻿ / -34.4249; 150.8827
Organisation
Care system| Public Medicare (AU)
Type| Teaching
Affiliated university| University of Wollongong
Services
Emergency department| Yes
Beds| more than 500
Helipads
Helipad| (ICAO: YXWL)
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Links
Website| https://www.islhd.health.nsw.gov.au/hospitals/wollongong-hospital
Lists| Hospitals in Australia

Wollongong Hospital is the major tertiary referral hospital located in the Wollongong Metropolitan area, New South Wales, Australia. It provides services to the entire Illawarra and Shoalhaven Region, encompassing a population of approximately 350,000.[1]

Wollongong Hospital has the capacity to treat complex and specialist cases. It provides all medical specialties including 24/7 cardiac intervention, aged care, pediatrics, and all surgical specialties except cardio-thoracic surgery.[2] The emergency Department in Wollongong Hospital is also one of the busiest in New South Wales, with around 50,000 case presentations annually.[3]

Wollongong Hospital is also the principal teaching hospital for Wollongong University Graduate School of Medicine and School of Nursing and Midwifery. The hospital is closely affiliated with the Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, providing research opportunities to address regional health issues and to improve clinical practice and health service delivery in the region and beyond.[3]

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1. ^ Postgraduate Midwifery: Illawarra Shoalhaven District Health
2. ^ Why Wollongong Hospital
3. ^ a b Illawarra Shoalhaven District: Wollongong Hospital

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Significant places and items of interest in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia

Commerce and industry

| Industry|

* Australian Aerial Patrol
* Australian Hydrographic Service
* BlueScope
* Illawarra cattle
* Illawarra Coke Company
* Metropolitan Colliery
* Port Kembla

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Shopping|

* Crown Street, Wollongong
* Dapto Mall
* Figtree Grove
* Stockland Shellharbour
* Warrawong Plaza
* Wollongong Central

Education

| Secondary|

* Bulli High
* Corpus Christi Catholic, Wollongong
* Corrimal High
* Dapto High
* Elonera Montessori
* Figtree High
* Illawarra Christian
* Illawarra Grammar
* Illawarra Sports
* Kanahooka High
* Keira High
* Lake Illawarra
* Shellharbour Anglican
* Smith's Hill
* Warilla High
* Wollongong Performing Arts

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Tertiary|

* Illawarra TAFE
* University of Wollongong

Entertainment, culture and sport

| Entertainment and culture|

* Illawarra Folk Festival
* Wollongong Botanic Garden
* Wollongong Conservatorium of Music
* Wollongong Entertainment Centre
* Wollongong Illawarra Roller Derby
* Wollongong Showground
* Wollongong Symphony Orchestra
* Wollongong the Brave

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Sport|

| Rugby league|

* Berkeley Eagles
* Collegians
* Corrimal Cougars
* Dapto Canaries
* Group 7 Rugby League
* Helensburgh Tigers
* Illawarra Rugby League
* Illawarra Steelers
* Port Kembla Blacks
* Shellharbour Sharks
* St George Illawarra Dragons
* Thirroul Butchers
* University of Wollongong Titans
* Warilla-Lake South Gorillas
* Western Suburbs Red Devils

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Soccer|

* Albion Park White Eagles
* Bulli FC
* Cringila Lions FC
* Dapto Dandaloo Fury FC
* Port Kembla FC
* South Coast A-League Bid
* South Coast United SC
* Wollongong Olympic FC
* Wollongong Wolves FC
* Wollongong United FC

Other sports|

* Illawarra Hawks
* Illawarra Baseball League
* Illawarra Lions
* Illawarriors
* Jamberoo Action Park
* John Crehan Park
* North Dalton Park
* Shoalhaven Mariners
* Shoalhaven Tigers
* South Coast AFL

Geography

| General|

* Boyds Beach
* Illawarra Plains
* Lake Illawarra
* Macquarie Valley

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National parks and
other conservation areas|

* Budderoo
* Macquarie Pass
* Morton

* Barren Grounds Nature Reserve
* Killalea State Park
* MacCabe Park
* Puckeys Estate Reserve
* Seven Mile Beach
* The Five Islands

Rivers|

* Avon
* Crooked
* Macquarie Rivulet
* Minnamurra

Mountain ranges and peaks|

* Bald Hill
* Brokers Point
* Illawarra escarpment
* Knights Hill
* Mount Keira
* Mount Kembla
* Mount Murray
* Mount Nebo
* Saddleback Mountain
* Sublime Point

Historical

| Defence|

* Breakwater Battery
* Drummond Battery
* Flagstaff Hill Fort
* Illowra (Hill 60) Battery
* Smiths Hill Fort

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General|

* Archer (horse)
* Tharawal

Industry|

* Illawarra Electricity
* The Wollongong Exchange

Maritime|

* Adele
* Adolphus
* Agnes
* Comboyne
* Hawkesbury Packet
* Illawarra Steam Navigation Company
* Queen of Nations
* Shockwave

People|

* Frank Arkell
* George Bass
* Natalie Bassingthwaighte
* David Campbell
* Rex Connor
* Wayne Gardner
* Henry Kendall
* Thomas Kendall
* Brett Lee
* Shane Lee
* Frank Moorhouse
* Archbishop Philip Wilson

Rail|

| General|

* Waterfall rail accident

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Railway lines|

* Illawarra
* Maldon - Dombarton
* Unanderra – Moss Vale

Railway stations|

* Lilyvale
* Mount Murray
* Ocean View
* Ranelagh House
* Summit Tank

Infrastructure

| Transport|

| Road|

* Appin Road
* Bulli Pass
* Church Street
* Illawarra Highway
* Lawrence Hargrave Drive
* Macquarie Pass
* Picton Road
* Princes Highway
* Princes Motorway
* Sea Cliff Bridge

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Railway lines|

* Illawarra
* Unanderra–Moss Vale
* Maldon–Dombarton (proposed)

Railway stations|

* Albion Park
* Austinmer
* Bellambi
* Bulli
* Coalcliff
* Coledale
* Coniston
* Corrimal
* Cringila
* Dapto
* Fairy Meadow
* Kembla Grange
* Lysaghts
* North Wollongong
* Oak Flats
* Otford
* Port Kembla
* Port Kembla North
* Scarborough
* Shellharbour Junction
* Stanwell Park
* Thirroul
* Towradgi
* Unanderra
* Wollongong
* Wombarra
* Woonona

Air|

* Shellharbour Airport

Bus|

* Dion's Bus Service
* Premier Charters
* Premier Illawarra

Maritime|

* Warden Head Light
* Wollongong Breakwater Lighthouse
* Wollongong Head Lighthouse

Utilities|

| Electricity generation|

* Tallawarra

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Media

* ABC Illawarra
* Illawarra Mercury
* VOX FM
* WIN Television
* Wollongong Advertiser

Other

| Religion|

* Nan Tien Temple
* Catholic Diocese of Wollongong
* St Francis Xavier's Cathedral

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Hospitals and
Medical research institute|

* Shellharbour
* Wollongong Hospital

* Illawarra Health & Medical Research Institute

Other|

* Illawarra Light Railway Museum

Government administration

| Federal|

* Division of Cunningham
* Division of Gilmore
* Division of Whitlam

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State|

* Electoral district of Heathcote
* Electoral district of Keira
* Electoral district of Kiama
* Electoral district of Shellharbour
* Electoral district of Wollongong

Local|

* City of Shellharbour
* City of Shoalhaven
* City of Wollongong
* Municipality of Kiama
* Wingecarribee Shire

Authority control databases |

* ISNI
* VIAF

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