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Water Stories for History Week

See it in the Lab, level 1 at Wollongong Library, September 2 – December 2 and online

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Water Stories for History Week
Boating on Mullet Creek, Photo from the Collections of Wollongong City Libraries

By Catherine Ryan, senior library services officer in Local Studies

Water Stories is the theme for 2025’s History Week (6-14 September) and Wollongong Library is hosting a Boating in the Illawarra photographic exhibition to celebrate.

Wollongong, as a city by the sea, has an abundance of stories surrounding how water influences our everyday lives. Water is integral to Wollongong’s life, economy, and leisure.

Our exhibition focuses on boats and boating to exemplify how we as a community have embraced our natural environment, its lake, rivers, and harbours, for both pleasure and industry.

See it in the Lab, level 1 at Wollongong Library, September 2 – December 2 and online.

Photos are also available as online jigsaw puzzles.

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