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The City of Nowra
Nowra
is a city in the
South Coast region of
New
South Wales, Australia. Located approximately 170 kilometres
(110 mi) south of the state capital of
Sydney, it
has a population together with its twin-town of Bomaderry of 27,478.
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 naval air station HMAS Albatross is located
about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south-west of Nowra.
The name Nowra, originally written by Europeans
as 'nou-woo-ro' (pronounced Nowa Nowa by the Aborigines of the
area), is the Aboriginal word for
black cockatoo.
Geography and climate
Nowra boasts the pristine
Shoalhaven River, which formerly hosted the Australian National
wakeboarding championships, it is also a popular fishing location.
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 through 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;
its mean maximum annual temperature 25.2°C. It records a mean annual
rainfall of 1256.3mm.
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 all denominational; a K-12 Anglican college in Bomaderry, Nowra
Anglican College; a Catholic systemic high school, St John the
Evangelist Catholic High School; and a K-12 Christian college on the
southern outskirts of Nowra, Nowra Christian School.
The Catholic high school is linked to St
Michael's Catholic Primary School located in Nowra. There are seven
public primary schools in the Nowra area as well: East Nowra Public
School, Nowra Public School, Bomaderry Public School, Illaroo Road
Public School, North Nowra Public School, Nowra Hill Public School
and Terara Public School. The University of Wollongong also has a
campus in Nowra, and there is a campus of TAFE NSW Illawarra
Institute located in Bomaderry
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