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{{Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
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| name = Primbee
{{Infobox Australian place
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| city = [[Wollongong, New South Wales|Wollongong]]
| state = [[New South Wales]]
| type = suburb
| image = Primbee Aerial.jpg
| name = Primbee
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| city = [[Wollongong, New South Wales|Wollongong]]
| caption = Aerial view from east
| lga = [[City of Wollongong]]
| state = NSW
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| image = Primbee Aerial.jpg
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| postcode = 2502<ref>White Pages Canberra 2008</ref>
| est =
| caption = Aerial view from east
| pop =
| lga = [[City of Wollongong]]
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| postcode = 2502<ref>White Pages Canberra 2008</ref>
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| area =
| coordinates = {{coord|34|30|03|S|150|52|54|E|display=inline,title}}
| propval =
| est =
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| stategov = [[Electoral district of Wollongong|Wollongong]]
| pop = 1,623
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| fedgov = [[Division of Throsby|Throsby]]
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
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| near-nw = [[Warrawong, New South Wales|Warrawong]]
| pop_footnotes = <ref>{{Census 2021 AUS | id = SAL13276 | name = Primbee (State Suburb)|quick=on|accessdate=30 July 2024}}</ref>
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| near-n = [[Kemblawarra]]
| elevation = 6
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| near-ne = [[Pacific Ocean]]
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| area =
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| near-w = [[Lake Illawarra, New South Wales|Lake Illawarra]]
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| stategov = [[Electoral district of Wollongong|Wollongong]]
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| near-e = [[Pacific Ocean]]
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| fedgov = [[Division of Whitlam|Whitlam]]
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| near-sw = [[Lake Illawarra, New South Wales|Lake Illawarra]]
| near-s = [[Windang, New South Wales|Primbee]]
| near-nw = ''[[Lake Illawarra]]''
| near-se = [[Pacific Ocean]]
| near-n = [[Warrawong, New South Wales|Warrawong]]
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| near-ne = [[Port Kembla, New South Wales|Port Kembla]]
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| dist1 =
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| near-w = ''[[Lake Illawarra]]''
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| location1=
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| near-e = ''[[Pacific Ocean]]''
}}'''Primbee''' is a suburb of [[Wollongong, New South Wales]]
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| near-sw = ''[[Lake Illawarra]]''
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| near-s = [[Windang, New South Wales|Windang]]
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| near-se = ''[[Pacific Ocean]]''
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| dist1 = 95
| dir1 = S
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| location1 = [[Sydney]]
| dist2 = 11
| dir2 = S
| location2 = [[Wollongong]]
| dist3 = 23
| dir3 = N
| location3 = [[Kiama, New South Wales|Kiama]]
}}

'''Primbee''' is a small suburb of [[Wollongong, New South Wales|Wollongong]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. It is located on the northern end of the Windang Peninsula separating [[Lake Illawarra]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]]. Primbee is close to Windang and Warrawong in the Illawarra. It was originally referred to as “The Lake Suburb” until formally being named as Primbee. It is sometimes referred to as "The Upper Peninsula" or "The Upper Island". The latter refers to a local legend that there was once a second entrance to [[Lake Illawarra]] located between Primbee and Kemblawarra Industrial Park.

==History==
The source of the name Primbee is uncertain. Farms in the area were owned in the 1860s by James Stewart, David James and Thomas Griffin. An 1893 map for the Parish of Wollongong shows the bay off Purry Burry Point as Primbee Bay. The area was subdivided and the land was offered for sale in 1919, not as Primbee but as "The Lake Suburb".

One resident of the area in the 1920s recalled that "I came to Primbee in 1920... My parents were one of the first to buy property, when the estate was cut up. It was called Lake Suburb Estate at the time. I don't known how it came to be called Primbee. No one here was asked or told. It just came."

The local [[State school|public school]] (Primbee Public School) was established in 1938.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.primbee-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/our-school|title=Our school - Primbee Public School|publisher=Primbee Public School/[[Government of New South Wales|NSW Government]]|access-date=November 26, 2013}}</ref> The [[Head teacher|principal]] as of 2013 is Dorothy Cass. It had an enrolment of 80 students covering [[Kindergarten]] to [[Year Six|Year 6]] at the beginning of 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.primbee-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/documents/7049567/7055840/ASR-2011.pdf|title=Primbee Public School Annual School Report 2011|publisher=Primbee Public School/NSW Government|access-date=November 26, 2013}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 14:04, 29 July 2024

Primbee
Wollongong, New South Wales
Aerial view from east
Primbee is located in New South Wales
Primbee
Primbee
Coordinates34°30′03″S 150°52′54″E / 34.50083°S 150.88167°E / -34.50083; 150.88167
Population1,623 (2021 census)[1]
Postcode(s)2502[2]
Elevation6 m (20 ft)
Location
LGA(s)City of Wollongong
State electorate(s)Wollongong
Federal division(s)Whitlam
Suburbs around Primbee:
Lake Illawarra Warrawong Port Kembla
Lake Illawarra Primbee Pacific Ocean
Lake Illawarra Windang Pacific Ocean

Primbee is a small suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the northern end of the Windang Peninsula separating Lake Illawarra and the Pacific Ocean. Primbee is close to Windang and Warrawong in the Illawarra. It was originally referred to as “The Lake Suburb” until formally being named as Primbee. It is sometimes referred to as "The Upper Peninsula" or "The Upper Island". The latter refers to a local legend that there was once a second entrance to Lake Illawarra located between Primbee and Kemblawarra Industrial Park.

History

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The source of the name Primbee is uncertain. Farms in the area were owned in the 1860s by James Stewart, David James and Thomas Griffin. An 1893 map for the Parish of Wollongong shows the bay off Purry Burry Point as Primbee Bay. The area was subdivided and the land was offered for sale in 1919, not as Primbee but as "The Lake Suburb".

One resident of the area in the 1920s recalled that "I came to Primbee in 1920... My parents were one of the first to buy property, when the estate was cut up. It was called Lake Suburb Estate at the time. I don't known how it came to be called Primbee. No one here was asked or told. It just came."

The local public school (Primbee Public School) was established in 1938.[3] The principal as of 2013 is Dorothy Cass. It had an enrolment of 80 students covering Kindergarten to Year 6 at the beginning of 2011.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Primbee (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 30 July 2024. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ White Pages Canberra 2008
  3. ^ "Our school - Primbee Public School". Primbee Public School/NSW Government. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  4. ^ "Primbee Public School Annual School Report 2011" (PDF). Primbee Public School/NSW Government. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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