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Celebrating 170 years Illawarra Mercury

View the exhibition at Wollongong Library from 1 December – 28 February 2026 or online anytime at Illawarra Stories.
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P30606 - Sergio Cerasani and the King Street Newsagency's paper cart, 1987.
P49612 - Pupils of Thirroul Public School being shown metal plate by Brian Foy at The Illawarra Mercury, 1968.
P53051 - Railway tunnel, Helensburgh, 2024.
P53052 - Surfing near Shellharbour gravel loader, Bass Point, 2025 / Adam McLean.
P53056 - Breakwater Wollongong Harbour, 2011
P53057 - Floods, Lake Illawarra, 1998.
P53062 - Rev. Miao You. of the Nan Tien Temple bangs the Big Gong, 2006.
P53064 - 2024 MMJ Australia Day Wollongong Aquathon
P53069 - Reconciliation Walk - Kids from Bellambi Public School put on a didgeridoo performance at a post-walk ceremony at Bellambi Public School, 2024.
P53072 - Christmas Lights, Wollongong.
P53073 - Outside the Illawarra Hotel.