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Wyoming, New South Wales




  City Central Coast
  State nsw
  Lga City of Gosford
  Postcode 2250
  Pop 9,489 (2006 census)
  Area 51
  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 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 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.


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