Albion Park is a suburb of Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia. The term 'Albion', is the most ancient name of Great Britain. Currently Albion Park has a population of 20,000, and continues to expand by a rate of 12.5% per year. Albion Park is bordered by the Illawarra escarpment in the west, Dapto in the North, Kiama in the South and Shellharbour in the East. In order to avoid a the highest parts of the ridge between Albion Park and Minnamurra, the railway needed to keep closer to the shore of Lake Illawarra. After the opening of railway station, 2 km to the east, in 1887, a new town grew up next to it, now known as Albion Park Rail. It is now the larger suburb.
Education
There are a number of schools in Albion Park:
- Albion Park Public School
- Albion Park High School
- St. Joseph's Catholic School, Albion Park
- St. Paul's Catholic School, Albion Park
- [[[Mount Terry Primary School][1]]]
- Illawarra Christian School (Tongarra Campus)
Sport
Albion Park is also home to the Albion Park RSL Eagles, one of the most dominating cricket teams on the South Coast in recent years.
