Welcome

Using this Website

There are several ways you can use this website

• If you’ve come to this site as the result of a specific reference, just go to the topic concerned from the menu at top, if you haven’t been taken to the topic automatically
• If you’re interested in looking at the industrial history of the Illawarra in time order, look through the overall timeline provided, and when you want more information on a specific item there, go to the site menu for more detailed information on the particular topic
• If you have a specific topic you’d like to explore, use the search box above.
• You can also look at the site geographically, and choose a location from the map. Click on the markers, and a short summary will appear, with a link to full site information.

Along the way, you will be offered links to other related sites providing more information and perspectives on the locations and events described here.  We can’t take responsibility for these external sites, but would ask that you report to this site’s administrator any links which aren’t working properly, or any sites which you feel are not appropriate.

Please note:  we welcome comments, queries, suggestions regarding material on this site, or topics which should be addressed.  Send us your comments!