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Sharon Bird - Member for Cunningham

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Sharon Bird - Member for Cunningham

Parliament House Office

Parliament House
CANBERRA ACT 2600
Tel:
(02) 6277 4717
Fax:
(02) 6277 8422
Email:
Email Sharon

Cunningham Electorate Office

Shop 501, Globe Lane
Wollongong NSW 2500
Tel:
(02) 4228 5899
Fax:
(02) 4228 5077

Postal Address:

PO Box 387
Wollongong NSW 2520
Web:
http://www.sharonbird.com.au/

Biography

Sharon Bird lives at Mangerton near Wollongong. She was elected to the federal parliament in 2004 and re-elected in 2007.

She is a former High School and TAFE teacher as well as a senior project officer with the NSW Department of Juvenile Justice. Sharon worked at Wollongong TAFE for six years teaching local students and continues to take an active interest in education and youth issues in the Parliament.

Sharon's family has lived in the Illawarra for four generations where she is raising her family. Sharon works closely with local community groups, unions and businesses to ensure the area she represents gets the funding for infrastructure and services that are needed.

Electorate Profile

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State: New South Wales

Name Derivation: Named after Allan Cunningham 1791-1839, an early Australian explorer.

Area and Location Description: Cunningham covers an area of approximately 496 sq km from Coniston, Unanderra and Farmborough Heights in the south, to Helensburgh in the north, and is bounded generally in the west by the mountain range. The main suburbs include Austinmer, Balgownie, Bellambi, Bulli, Clifton, Coalcliff, Coledale, Coniston, Cordeaux Heights, Corrimal, Darkes Forest, Fairy Meadow, Figtree, Gwynneville, Helensburgh, Keiraville, Mangerton, Mount Keira, Mount Kembla, Mount Ousley, Mount Saint Thomas, Otford, Russell Vale, Scarborough, Stanwell Park, Tarrawanna, Thirroul, Towradgi, West Wollongong, Wollongong, Wombarra, Woonona and part of Unanderra,

Products/Industries of the Area: Wollongong is the commercial centre of the Illawarra, servicing tourism, tertiary education, steel production, coal mining, brick manufacturing and textiles.

First Proclaimed/Election: 1949

Demographic Rating: Provincial

Members:

  • BIRD, S (ALP) 2004-
  • ORGAN, M (GRN) 2002-2004
  • MARTIN, S (ALP) 1993-2002
  • WEST, S J (ALP) 1977-1993
  • CONNOR, R F X (ALP) 1963-1977
  • KEARNEY, V D (ALP) 1956-1963
  • DAVIES, W (ALP) 1949-1956