Stanwell Park

Stanwell Park is a village located on the Pacific Ocean at the north of the canton of Wollongong of the area of the Illawarra in News-Wales of the South in Australia. It is separated from the metropolis Sydney by the Royal National park and, considering its insulation and its inhabitants, makes a little think of a certain Gallic village resistant to the development of the empire.

History

Stanwell Park was the name given to the farm built on a ground yielded to Matthew John Gibbons in 1824. This one acquired the majority of the valley known under the name of Little Bulli , and which includes/understands Stanwell Park of today like Coalcliff. All the northern part of the Illawarra was known under the indigenous name of Bulli , which wants to say assembled , the only thing remaining to be made for this narrow coastal strip between bays and cliffs. Bulli is always the name of another village more in the south of Stanwell Park.

The indigenous group of Wadi Wadi is the historical inhabitants of the area. The first Europeans were three sailors shipwrecked men who crossed it during a voyage of adventure of a few hundreds of miles along the coast until they are saved with Wattamolla in the north of Stanwell Park. Two their compatriots were not able to negotiate Coal Cliffs (Coal Cliffs), where now the bridge Sea Cliff Bridge is. Apparently assassinated, their bodies were found by the explorer George Bass, who was there to analyze the high content in coal of these cliffs.

Mr. Gibbons engaged an former prisoner, John Paid, to manage the farm with Stanwell Park. This one benefitted from it to establish its gang of outlaw in this isolated valley. He was called Wolloo Jack and terrorized the area located between Bargo and Liverpool until itself and its band is sent to the gibet in 1829.

Thereafter, the valley attracted not very common people like Major Sir Thomas Mitchell, one of the most known explorers of Australia, which builds its first house with Stanwell Park. Judge at the Supreme court, John Fletcher Hargrave resided and spent his holidays on the site. One of its descendants, Lawrence Hargrave, a famous pioneer of the aviation of the years 1890, carried out its more beautiful experiments with Stanwell Park.

Today, Stanwell Park, which counts approximately 1200 inhabitants, is suburbs who serves the cities close to Sydney and Wollongong, and remains a beautiful destination of tourism or for exits of weekend.

Activities

Stanwell Park is the most popular place in Australia for the activities of Parapente and Deltaplane. Takeoff is carried out on the slope of the hill Bald Hill . According to the breeze of sea which goes up on cliffs, the flight can be done all along the escarpment with a landing on the beach. There are some possibilities of Escalade on Stanwell Tops , a mountain of an altitude of two hundred meters which offers a splendid sight on the village. Attraction not to be missed is the beach even; its water is a mixture of fresh water and sea water. The watery club of Rescue of Helensburgh - Stanwell Park ensures the safety and the monitoring of the beach and organizes the various nautical activities like the drive of the Nippers (members juniors of the club of rescuers in local surfing) Sunday morning or the compétions of swimming in winter.

Sources

Michael Adams: " Little Bulli: The Pioneering off Stanwell Park and Northern Illawarra Till the 1860s" , Farming International Exchange Pty. Ltd (2005), ISBN No: 0-9758187-1-6
Michael Adams: " Wind Beneath his Wings: Lawrence Hargrave At Stanwell Park" , Farming International Exchange Pty. Ltd (2005), ISBN No: 0-9758187-0-8

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Satellite photo of Google Maps
Club of safeguard of sea of Helensburgh-Stanwell Park
Tourist office Wollongong
Michael Adams describes the history of Stanwell Park

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