Dapto
- Local Government Area
- Wollongong
- Postcode
- 2530
- Population
- 10,954
- Area
- 7.37 km²
- Coordinates
- -34.5049, 150.7944
- Data
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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About Dapto
Dapto is a suburb of Wollongong on the western shore of Lake Illawarra, with a history dating to the 1830s. Once a major dairying centre whose railway station was the most profitable on the Illawarra line, it was also home to a large smelting works that operated from 1897 to 1905, and its name is derived from an Aboriginal word meaning water plenty.
Nearby localities
- Koonawarra 1 km
- Cleveland (NSW) 2 km
- Horsley 3 km
- Kanahooka 3 km
- Brownsville 3 km
- Yallah 3 km