Mount Kembla/ˈkɛmblə/ is a suburb[4] and a mountain[3] in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia.
The suburb, a semi-rural township of Wollongong, gets its name from the mountain, located on the Illawarra escarpment, is derived from an Aboriginal word, kembla, meaning "plenty of game".[citation needed] The satellite localities of Kembla Heights, Windy Gully, Cordeaux Valley and Kembla Village are comprised within the suburb of Mount Kembla that at the 2016 census had a population of 1,068.[1]
The summit of Mount Kembla has an elevation of 534 metres (1,752 ft) above sea level.[2]
The area surrounding Mount Kembla is a coal mining area, notable for the Mount Kembla Mine disaster of 1902 in which 96 people lost their lives.
^ abAustralian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mount Kembla (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
^ ab"Terrain around Mount Kembla, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
^ ab"Mount Kembla (mountain)". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
^"Mount Kembla (suburb)". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
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