Maddison Lacey & Caitlin O'Neil
Maddison Lacey and Caitlin O’Neil are gymnasts, competing in the Senior International Division of Acrobatic Gymnastics, the highest level in their sport.
Stuart Thompson
Stuart Thompson was an Australian-representative baseball player.
David Smith OAM
David Smith is an Australian sprint canoeist who was a member of the Gold Medal-winning Australian Kayak Four (K4) 1000m team in the 2012 London Olympics.
Harold Goodwin
Harry Goodwin spent his life researching Inorganic Chemistry at universities in Australia, America and Germany.
Karen Lord
Karen Lord was a state and national swimming champion.
Keith Grey
Keith Grey was an alderman and mayor of Shellharbour Municipal Council.
Hugh Dudgeon Jnr
The family lived on a clearing lease at Saddleback Mountain and several farms in Kiama where they established small dairies.
Robert Dovers
Robert Dovers was an Antarctic explorer and surveyor.
Ronald Costello
Ron Costello was a professional Australian Rugby League player.
Max Murphy
Maxwell Murphy was a state and national boxing champion.
Terrence Baldwin
Terrence Baldwin was a state and national outdoor lawn bowler.
Dianne Gorman OAM
Dianne Gorman is an Australian Hockey Champion.
Eric Klein
Eric Klein was a Paralympian and world champion archer.
Beverley Whitfield
Beverley Whitfield was an Australian Olympic swimmer and record holder.
Andrew McGill
Andrew McGill established himself as one of the most successful breeders of dairy cattle in the district.
Dr. Vernon Allen James OAM
Dr Vernon James, O.A.M, FRCS, FRACS, was a noted vascular surgeon.
Jenny Gill
Jenny Gill was a World Champion surfer.
William Beach
William Beach was a champion sculler and held the title of World Sculling Champion from 1884 to 1887.
Theresa ‘Kay’ Honeysett
Kay Honeysett (nee Woods) was a state and national champion in both artistic and rhythmic gymnastics.
Evelyn Owen
Evelyn (Evo) Owen was a famous Australian inventor.
Robert Harrison OAM & Angela Harrison
Robert (Bob) Joseph Wilson Harrison and Angela Harrison were the longest serving husband and wife team in New South Wales government.
Brett Lee
Brett Lee is a former Australian international cricketer and fast bowler.
Shane Lee
Shane Lee was a former Australian first-class cricketer.
Brett Stibners OAM
Brett Stibners was an Australian wheelchair basketball champion.
David Gentles
David Gentles was recognised as one of the best hockey umpires in the world.
Brett Duprez
Brett Duprez was a world champion lawn bowler.
Ron Lord
Ron Lord was an international football (soccer) goalkeeper, recognised as one of the finest Australia ever produced.
Sir George Warburton Fuller
George W Fuller was a barrister and politician.
Geoffrey Shaw
Geoff ‘Bunter’ Shaw is a former Australian representative rugby union player and former Wallabies captain.
Eino Okkonen
Eino Okkenen was the founder of Illawarra Wheelchair Basketball and instrumental in setting up the Roller Hawks National League team in 2001.
Shelby Lacey & Molly Hanrahan
Shelby Lacey and Molly Hanrahan were champions gymnasts.
Brian Hancock & ‘Our Sir Vancelot’
Brian Hancock was one of Australia’s leading drivers and trainers in harness racing.
Henry Osborne
Henry Osborne was a successful agriculturalist and pastoralist, and one of the largest and wealthiest landowners in the colony.
Shellharbour City Council acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Dharawal Country and recognises their continued connection to the land.
We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging and the contribution they make to the life of this City.