Wyoming, New South Wales

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Wyoming
Central Coast, New South Wales

Population:

9,489 (2006 census)

Postcode:

2250

Area:

5.1 km² (2.0 sq mi)

Location:

4 km (2 mi) NE of Gosford

LGA:

City of Gosford

Parish:

Gosford

State District:

The Entrance

Federal Division:

Dobell

Suburbs around Wyoming:
Narara	Niagara Park	Lisarow
Narara	Wyoming	Mount Elliot
Gosford	North Gosford	Mount Elliot

Wyoming is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, located 4 kilometres (2 mi) northeast of Gosford's central business district. It is part of the City of Gosford local government area.

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

In 1824 Frederick Augustus Hely purchased 1,340 acres (5.42 km²) of land, adjacent to Narara 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, named many years after the Central Coast town, is also named after the poem.^[1]

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, a primary school, the 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.