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Brownsville
WollongongNew South Wales
Brownsville is located in New South Wales
Brownsville
Brownsville
Location in New South Wales
Population 534 (2016 census)
Postcode(s) 2530
LGA(s) City of Wollongong
Region Illawarra
County Camden
Parish Calderwood
State electorate(s) Shellharbour
Federal Division(s) Whitlam
Suburbs around Brownsville:
Kembla Grange Kembla Grange Kembla Grange
Brownsville
Dapto Kanahooka Kanahooka

Brownsville is a suburb of the City of Wollongong. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 534.

Brownsville was the location of the first settlement at Dapto. With the construction of the South Coast railway, Dapto developed around the railway station, which was further south. Brownsville was named after George Brown who received a grant of 300 acres, south of Mullet Creek, in 1833. His "Ship Inn", became the centre of the farming community.

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