Empire Bay, New South Wales
- Empire Bay, New South Wales
Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Empire Bay
city = Central Coast
state = nsw
caption =
lga = City of Gosford
postcode = 2257
pop = 2,373 (2006 census)
area = 1.1
est =
parish = Kincumber
stategov = Terrigal
fedgov = Robertson
dist1 = 8 | dir1 = E | location1= Woy Woy
dist2 = 18 | location2= Gosford
dist3 = 85 | location3= Sydney
near-nw = "Brisbane Water"
near-n = Davistown
near-ne = Kincumber South
near-w = St Huberts Island
near-e = Bensville
near-sw = Daleys Point
near-s = Killcare Heights
near-se = Bensville
Empire Bay is a suburb located on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the City of Gosford local government area.
Empire Bay was originally known as "Sorrento" being the name of a large boarding house in the locality. The land was subdivided in 1905. The name changed to Empire Bay in 1908 when a Postal Receiving Office was opened in a building attached to the boarding house. The name was changed because there was already a post office named Sorrento in Victoria and Empire Bay was chosen because there was no other such name in the Commonwealth. The name was officially changed on 24 May 1908. William Huggart who owned "Sorrento House" was the first postmaster. In 1909 the status of the office was changed to Post Office. It was moved into C. C. Swinburne's general store when he became Postmaster in 1910. [Pratt, Eileen (1978) "Place Names of the Central Coast". Brisbane Water Historical Society and The Entrance and District Society. p4]
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