Tascott, New South Wales

Tascott, New South Wales

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


caption =
lga = City of Gosford
postcode = 2250
pop = 1,696 (2006 census)
area = 2.2
est =
parish = Patonga
stategov = Gosford
fedgov = Robertson
dist1 = 7
dir1 = SW
location1= Gosford
near-nw =
near-n = Point Clare
near-ne = Point Clare
near-w = Kariong
near-e = "Brisbane Water"
near-sw = Brisbane Water National Park
near-s = Koolewong
near-se =

Tascott is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, located between Gosford and Woy Woy on Brisbane Water's western shore. It is part of the City of Gosford local government area.

It was founded by Thomas Alison Scott and his wife Clare Scott. Thomas Alison Scott was the first person in Australia to grow sugar cane. [cite web|url=http://www.gosford.nsw.gov.au/library/local_history/placenames.html|title=Placenames|author=Gosford City Library|accessdate=2007-07-21]

The suburb contains Tascott railway station, which is on the Main North railway line, and a shop which sells basic items.

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