Wongawilli is a southern suburb of Wollongong, Australia at the foot hills of the Illawarra escarpment.

[2] It contains a mixture of small rural properties and family homes.

It has a New South Wales Rural Fire Service station and a small community hall where the Wongawilli colonial dance club meets regularly.

[3] The community has had a long history with coal mining, with the Wongawilli colliery opening in 1916 by the Hoskins Brothers,[4] and later being taken over by BHP.

[5] Since this time the mine has expanded and has had multiple owners, and is currently owned and operated by the Indian company Jindal Steel and Power.