Shellharbour is a charming coastal township that has become a southern suburb of Wollongong. It is framed between the Tasman Sea and the Illawarra Escarpment, with Lake Illawarra to the north and the Minnamurra River to the south.

Where is it?: Shellharbour is 85 km south of Sydney, 160 km north west of Canberra.

The Illawarra suburb of Shellharbour is centred on the small recreational harbour named Shell Harbour. It has two main beaches, Shellharbour Beach, which runs to Barrack Point and Shellharbour South Beach, which runs toward Bass Point. The main street is Addison Street, running through the town and ending with the Ocean Beach Hotel opposite the harbour. This street has many footpath caf�ɬ�s and shops.

The City of Shellharbour consists of many towns and villages including Shellharbour City Centre, Albion Park , Albion Park Rail, Lake Illawarra, Oak Flats, Shell Cove, Shellharbour Village and Warilla.

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The area was inhabited by indigenous Australians for thousands of years. European habitation began from about 1817 onwards. Shellharbour was originally known as Yerrowah and later as Peterborough.