1. Stanwell Park, NSW Susan Jones and Rebecca Daly University of Wollongong Library

2. Wollongong 292,500 Illawarra Population 27 o C Summer average daily temp 17 patrolled beaches, 7 off-leash beaches 85km From the Sydney Opera House View of Wollongong from Sublime Point

3. Illawarra Museum UOW Library Wollongong City Library

5. Joining Forces

6. Wollongong Harbour Utilising our organisational strengths: Collections Digitisation Metadata Knowledge

7. Project Planning: Costs Illawarra Historical Society Bulletin IHS Publications Wollongong Lighthouse

8. Delivering in digital: Illawarra Historical Society Bulletin http://ro.uow.edu.au/ihsbulletin/ http://ro.uow.edu.au/ihsbulletin/ IHS Publications http://ro.uow.edu.au/ihspubs/ http://ro.uow.edu.au/ihspubs/ Lake Illawarra

16. Building an online presence for access Structure Themes Geographies Tools Keep it simple Port Kembla Steelworks

17. St Michaels Church, Wollongong Benefits of collaborating: Strengthen relationships Create opportunities Expand a project’s potential and its reach Fast-track outcomes Pool resources Create real value

18. Thank you ! Collaborative Local History project steering committee is: Lisa Matuzelis LMatuzelis@wollongong.nsw.gov.au Marisa O’Connor MOConnor@wollongong.nsw.gov.au John Shipp illawarrahistoricalsociety@yahoo.com.au Susan Jones susanj@uow.edu.au Rebecca Daly rdaly@uow.edu.au