NOWRA, NEW SOUTH WALES

'Nowra' is a city in the South Coast region of New South Wales. Located approximately 170 km south of the state capital of Sydney, it has a population together with its twin-town of Bomaderry of 24,700. It is also the seat and commercial centre of the City of Shoalhaven.
The region around Nowra is a farming community, sustaining a thriving dairy industry and a number of State forests, but is also increasingly a retirement and leisure area for Canberra and Sydney. The HMAS ''Albatross'' air station of the Royal Australian Navy about 10 km south-west of Nowra.
The name Nowra, originally written 'nou-woo-ro', is thought to be the Aboriginal word for ''black cockatoo'' or ''camping place''.^[2]

Contents

History

Geography and climate

Demography

Education

Notable people

References

External links

History

Geography and climate

Nowra boasts the pristine Shoalhaven River, which hosts wakeboarding championships and is a haven for fishermen and watersports people alike. The river divides Nowra from Bomaderry and North Nowra, and is bridged by the historic Nowra Bridge. The Shoalhaven river is a salt water river, although it itself does not flow into the sea. The Shoalhaven River meets the sea thorugh the canal that joins the Shoalhaven and Crookhaven Rivers, which was dug by convicts.
It is also located nearby Berry, Jervis Bay, Kangaroo Valley, Culburra Beach, Greenwell Point, Huskisson and Shoalhaven Heads.
Nowra's mean minimum annual temperature is 8.5°C; it's mean maximum annual temperature 25.2°C.^[3] It records a mean annual rainfall of 1256.3mm.

Demography

Due to risk factors such as socio-economic disadvantage, unemployment and substance abuse, Nowra has above average instances of assault, domestic violence and property theft. Nowra had chris davey aka the davey attack the city from 2000/still going. The unemployment rate in the Shoalhaven is 12.5% which is the highest in Australia; the rate is about double the state average and almost three-times the national average of 4.5%.
Living Futures Shoalhaven City Community Safety Plan 2003-2006
A breakdown of crime statistics for the area is produced by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics & Research.

Education

Nowra has three public high schools, Nowra High School, Shoalhaven High School and Bomaderry High School. There are also several non-government schools, which are a popular choice for parents in the Nowra area; these non-government schools are all denominational - with an Anglican college in Bomaderry, Nowra Anglican College; a Catholic systemic high school, St John the Evangelist Catholic High School; and a Baptist college on the southern outskirts of Nowra, Nowra Christian School. Whilst the Anglican and Baptist colleges provide primary and secondary education, the Catholic high school is linked to the local Catholic primary school, St Michael's Catholic Primary School. There are five public primary schools in the Nowra area as well: East Nowra Public School, Nowra Public School, Illaroo Road Public School, North Nowra Public School and Nowra Hill Public School. The University of Wollongong also has a campus in Nowra, and there is a TAFE College in Bomaderry.

Notable people

★ Frank Moorhouse

★ Ashley Paske

★ Karen Phillips

★ William Kamm

★ Adam Federici

References

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2. "Travel: Nowra", ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 8 February 2004. Retrieved on 2007-04-26.
3. Climate statistics for Australian locations: Kiama, Bureau of Meteorology, 13 June 2007. Retrieved on 2007-06-17.

External links

★ Shoalhaven City Council