Wendoree Park, New South Wales
Wendoree Park is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, located on the north bank of the Hawkesbury River 58 kilometres (36 mi) and the east bank of Mangrove Creek north of Sydney. It is part of the Central Coast Council local government area.
| Wendoree Park Central Coast, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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  Wendoree Park | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33.449°S 151.151°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 134 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2250 | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Central Coast Council | ||||||||||||||
| Parish | Cowan | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Gosford | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Robertson | ||||||||||||||
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The suburb was originally conceived as a "dream village" by Athol Leeming Spring when he purchased property there around the 1940s/1950s. He gave the site the name "Wendoree Park" and hoped to build a village there of 250 self-contained cottages, overlooking Spencer.[2]
References
- "2016 Wendoree Park, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics".
- "New Scenic Road Leads To "Dream Village"". Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate (NSW : 1906 – 1954). 2 January 1953. p. 3. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
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