Wyoming, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Wyoming
city = Central Coast
state = nsw


caption =
lga = City of Gosford
postcode = 2250
pop = 9,489 (2006 census)
area = 5.1
est =
parish = Gosford
stategov = The Entrance
fedgov = Dobell
dist1 = 4
dir1 = NE
location1= Gosford
near-nw = Narara
near-n = Niagara Park
near-ne = Lisarow
near-w = Narara
near-e = Mount Elliot
near-sw = Gosford
near-s = North Gosford
near-se = Mount Elliot

Wyoming is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, located convert|4|km|mi|0|lk=on 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 convert|1340|acre|km2|2|lk=on 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. [cite web|url=http://www.gosford.nsw.gov.au/library/local_history/placenames.html|title=Placenames|author=Gosford City Library|accessdate=2007-07-21]

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, 3 primary schools (2 public, 1 catholic), 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. Wyoming is also home of the soccer club Wyoming Tigers.

References

External links

* [http://www.gosford.nsw.gov.au/library/local_history/Suburbs/documents/wyoming.html History of Wyoming] (Gosford City Library)