East Gosford

East Gosford Central Coast, New South Wales
A photograph of Peeks Point in 1921. Caroline Bay and Point Frederick are in the background.
Population	3,908 (2011 census)
• Density	1,860/km2 (4,820/sq mi)
Established	1991
Postcode(s)	2250
Area	2.1 km2 (0.8 sq mi)
Location	2 km (1 mi) SE of Gosford 75 km (47 mi) N of Sydney
LGA(s)	Central Coast Council
Parish	Gosford
State electorate(s)	Gosford
Federal Division(s)	Robertson
Suburbs around East Gosford: Gosford North Gosford Springfield Gosford East Gosford Erina Point Frederick Brisbane Water Brisbane Water

East Gosford is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, located immediately southeast of Gosford's central business district. It is part of the Central Coast Council local government area, and occupies an area previously inhabited by the Guringai (Wanangine) People East Gosford is named after the Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford, with whom New South Wales Governor George Gipps served in Canada. Archibald Acheson was appointed Governor of British North America in 1835, and conducted a royal commission into the state of affairs in Lower Canada.

At the ABS 2006 census, East Gosford had a population of 3,514 people. This was an increase of 182 people from the 2001 census and an increase of 370 people from the 1996 census. East Gosford residents have a median age of 46 years, compared to the Central Coast average of 40. Median incomes in East Gosford were above the region – $422 compared with $407.

The site where East Gosford now stands changed hands twice before being sold to Samuel Peek, a Sydney tea merchant. East Gosford was surveyed in 1841 and within a year, began to develop, when Peek began to sell land there. A wharf and several shops were built. After building a three story hotel, Peek and his family went to England in 1850. Returning in 1857, their ship wrecked near the Gap, and all family members perished. Many of his private papers were lost in the wreck, and he left no heirs, so many of his buildings decayed with bricks, doors and woodwork disappearing.