Albion Park is a suburb of Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia. The term 'Albion', is the most ancient name of Great Britain. Currently Albion Park has a population of 20,000, and continues to expand by a rate of 12.5% per year. Albion Park is bordered by the Illawarra escarpment in the west, Dapto in the North, Kiama in the South and Shellharbour in the East. Shellharbour is a city and Local Government Area of about 60,000 people. ... The white cliffs of Dover. ... An early morning view of the Illawarra escarpment west of Albion Park (20 km south of Wollongong) The Illawarra escarpment is the mountain range west of a narrow coastal plain south of Sydney, Australia, enclosing the region known as the Illawarra which stretches from Stanwell Park in the north to... Dapto is a town in the Illawarra district of New South Wales, Australia. ... Kiama, is a picturesque township and Local Government Area 120 kilometres south of Sydney on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia. ... Shellharbour is a city and Local Government Area of about 60,000 people. ...

In order to avoid a the highest parts of the ridge between Albion Park and Minnamurra, the railway needed to keep closer to the shore of Lake Illawarra. After the opening of railway station, 2 km to the east, in 1887, a new town grew up next to it, now known as Albion Park Rail. It is now the larger suburb. Minnamurra is a station on the CityRail South Coast line. ... Lake Illawarra is a large coastal lagoon, near the city of Wollongong about 100 km south of Sydney, New South Wales. ... Albion Park railway station serves the township of Albion Park Rail, on the New South Wales, Australia, South Coast. ... Albion Park Rail is a suburb of Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia. ...

Education

There are a number of schools in Albion Park:

• Albion Park Public School
• Albion Park High School
• St. Joseph's Catholic School, Albion Park
• St. Paul's Catholic School, Albion Park
• Mount Terry Primary School
• Illawarra Christian School (Tongarra Campus)

Albion Park Public School is a government co-educational primary school located in Albion Park, a suburb of Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia. ...

Sport

Albion Park is also home to the Albion Park RSL Eagles, one of the most dominating cricket teams on the South Coast in recent years. Albion Park Cricket Club Albion Park Cricket Club, better known to most as the Eagles are a dominating force in the South Coast District. ...

Coordinates: 34°34′S 150°48′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...