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Wollongong

Wollongong
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About Wollongong

Wollongong is a city in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. It lies on the narrow coastal strip between the Illawarra Escarpment and the Pacific Ocean, 85 kilometres south of Sydney. Wollongong had an estimated urban population of 302,739 at June 2018, making it the third-largest city in New South Wales after Sydney and Newcastle and the tenth-largest city in Australia by population. The city's current Lord Mayor is Tania Brown who was elected in 2024.

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At their home near Wollongong, she had this Christmas dinner. She got bad bronchitis and laryngitis after eating Christmas dinner. It cleaned up — she got better.

from 563: No Such Thing As Bananas In The Vatican, 2024-12-26 at 00:07:29 · read transcript

Other times Wollongong came up

  1. Do you want to hear an absolutely wild thing that happened in Christmas, 1972? Okay. Okay. This was sent in by a listener called Yara T. Thank you for this. Marie Heffernan was a 13-year-old girl. She had a Christmas dinner with her family, right? In Australia, at their home near Wollongong. She... Wal-a-gong? Is that how it's pronounced? Is it like that? From the reaction, I'm not sure that's how you do pronounce it. Wollongong.

    No Such Thing As Bananas In The Vatican, 2024-12-26 · listen

  2. That happened in Christmas, 1972? Okay. Okay. This was sent in by a listener called Yara T. Thank you for this. Marie Heffernan was a 13-year-old girl. She had a Christmas dinner with her family, right? In Australia, at their home near Wollongong. She... Wal-a-gong? Is that how it's pronounced? Is it like that? From the reaction, I'm not sure that's how you do pronounce it. Wollongong. You can not...

    No Such Thing As Bananas In The Vatican, 2024-12-26 · listen

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