Wyoming, New South Wales

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Wyoming (postcode: 2250, 33°24′S 151°21′E) is a small town near Gosford, on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. It is located in the Narara Valley.

The population of Wyoming was 9,230 at the 1996 census and 9,031 at the 2001 census.[1]

Federal parliamentary representation is through the Division of Dobell. Wyoming is administered locally by the Gosford City Council.

The Aboriginal inhabitants of the Wyoming area before European settlement were the Guringai people.

In 1824 Frederick Augustus Hely purchased 1340 acres (5.4 km²) of land, adjacent to Narrara Reserve. Hely named the land after the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania, made famous by the 1809 poem Gertrude of Wyoming by Thomas Campbell which told the story of American colonists in the Wyoming Valley. The state of Wyoming in the western United States of America is also named after the poem.

Hely (1794-1836) was the Principal Superintendent of Convicts. He was born in Ireland and died in Sydney. He died before the house he was planning to build at Wyoming was completed. His mausoleum lies beside the Pacific Highway at Wyoming, close to the family home which was built by his widow. The grave was designed by the architect John Verge and was recently restored after falling into disrepair.

Wyoming is a mainly commercial/residential suburb, and has a medical centre, Wyoming Shopping Village, and a number of fast-food outlets, petrol stations, and other shops. It also is the home of Wyoming Church of Christ.