'Old Reminiscences of Illawarra'. Click on button below...
'Early History of Illawarra'. Click on buttons below....
Earliest Illawarra by its Explorers and Pioneers. Click on buttons below....
- 1770 - The Illawarra District is first mentioned by Captain Cook in the log book of the 'Endeavour'. A party from the ship failed to make a landing.
- 1796 - Bass and Flinders landed after a previous voyage in the 'Tom Thumb'. The district was called 'Allowrie' by the natives.
- 1797 - Survivors of a vessel, the 'Sydney Cove' found coal near Coalcliff.