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  • Illawarra Light Railway Museum

    The whole family will love cheering and waving from the steam train as it travels past the station and navigates its way through the quiet bushland setting in Albion Park. The museum also has tram and miniature train rides that…

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  • Kiama Heritage Walk

    For such a small area, the Kiama region has so much to share of its past – both from Indigenous culture and the two centuries since European settlement. Throughout the municipality, you’ll find information and plaques that provide a window…

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  • Gerringong RSL sub-branch ANZAC Memorial

    Set atop the headland between Werri Beach and Boat Harbour, Gerringong, this memorial consists of a Lone Pine tree, a walkway leading to a flagpole, and two dedication plaques mounted on basalt stone on the western and eastern ends of…

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  • The Australian Motorlife Museum

    The Australian Motorlife Museum – a fascination for young and old alike! Home of the Paul Butler Collection. The considerable changes in technology, developed alongside the motor vehicle from 1880 changed the way we live. The museum proudly embraces this…

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  • Kiama Family History Centre

    The Kiama Family History Centre is owned and operated as a community service by Kiama Municipal Council, and is located on the ground level of the Kiama Library building. The Family History Centre has been helping people trace their family history…

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  • Kiama Library

    Kiama Library, located just across from the train station, offers a modern community hub – featuring high ceilings, a large natural light-filled magazine ad newspaper reading room, excellent children’s area and free NBN Wi-Fi throughout. Kiama Library is the main…

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  • Kiama Cemetery

    The Kiama Cemetery, located around one kilometre north of the Kiama township, occupies a large site close to the ocean and opposite the railway station at Bombo. The site consists of a vast lawn cemetery and two columbariums, which serve…

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  • Kiama Harbour

    Located in the heart of Kiama, the Harbour was completed in 1876, after 16 years of construction, to cater for the ever-increasing shipping trade. Known as Robertson Basin, fill from the Harbour floor was placed between Storm Bay and the…

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