Wyong

	Wyong NSW 2259
	Population: 3,650 Height above sea level: 20m Latitude: 33.1700, Longitude: 151.2600 Location: 95km north of Sydney Highway: Off Pacific Hwy (1) near Wyong Nearest Major Town: Gosford Nearest Airport: Sydney Touring Area: Central Coast - Tuggerah Lakes
On the western shore of Tuggerah Lake just north of Gosford. Established in 1888, 100 years after first settlement of Australia, Wyong is an aboriginal word meaning either 'an edible yam' or 'place of running water'. William Cape was the first European settler and brought cattle and sheep into the district, to a 1,000 acres land grant bordering Jilliby Creek in 1825. He had two sons who also held land grants. PLACES OF INTEREST Racecourse Wyong Lookout Alison Homestead, Cape Road, Wyong Built by Charles Alison, c 1885. (destroyed by arson 3 December 2011) Chapmans Store, Cnr Alison Rd. & Hely St., Wyong Opened in 1901. Court House, Alison Road, Wyong (built 1924). Built on the site of the first Post Office which opened in 1892. St Cecilia’Äôs Church, Byron St., Wyong. Built in 1908, it is the oldest church in Wyong and is still in use today. "Strathavon", Boyce Avenue, Wyong. Dates from 1912-1913, formerly known as "Hakone". Turreted buildings, Cnr Church St, Wyong. Built by Albert Hamlyn Warner, 1915. Wyong Public School, Alison Rd., Wyong. 1889, last used as school Sep. 1979. Wyong Milk Factory, 141 Alison Rd, Wyong. (circa 1921.)



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