Nowra is the town area and main administrative centre within the City of Shoalhaven in New South Wales, Australia. Nowra is about 200km by road south of Sydney, the state capital of New South Wales on the eastern coast of Australia. Nowra is, with its twin-town of Bomaderry, across the Shoalhaven River, a town of around 29,000 people (2001 Census). The region around Nowra is a farming community, but is also increasingly a retirement and leisure area for Canberra and Sydney.
The City of Shoalhaven is the local government area that covers 4660 square kilometres covering around 100km from the town of Berry in the north, to Durras Lake in the south; and, around 70km from Jervis Bay in the east to Mt Griffith Taylor near Bungonia Caves in the west.
Major industries
HMAS Albatross, the naval air station of the Royal Australian Navy, about 10km west of Nowra.
Paper mill
farming
tourism
External links
"Museum of Flight" (http://www.museum-of-flight.org.au/) an attraction at HMAS Albatross
Nowra is the commercial and main administrative centre for the Shoalhaven region in New South Wales, Australia.
Nowra is about 160km by road south of Sydney, the state capital of New South Wales on the eastern coast of Australia.
The City of Shoalhaven (population 91,500) is the local government area that covers 4,660 square kilometres covering around 100 km from the town of Berry in the north, to Durras Lake in the south; and, around 70 km from Jervis Bay in the east to Mount Griffith Taylor near Bungonia Caves in the west.
NOWRAs most prominent initiative at this time is the development of a model performance code for use by states and local regulators.
NOWRAs programs are primarily funded through membership dues, industry contributions, the education and training courses and grants.
NOWRA's educational workshops, seminars and forums are directed to increasing and enhancing knowledge and skills about new and existing onsite systems designs, research and technology.
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