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Peninsula pioneers in history register
The Central Coast Family History Society launched a register of Gosford's pioneer families, including those from the Peninsula area, on Saturday, June 23.
"The pre-1901 Gosford Pioneer Register; Volume One" contains family trees and photographs of Gosford's early settlers.
It contains information on how streets, suburbs, parks and local landmarks came about.
Project coordinator Dorothy Mulholland said that shipbuilding was extensive in the Peninsula area prior to 1901.
The register details how streets in Blackwall such as Waitangi, Warwick, Warrigal, Wyalong and Wyoming Sts were named after ships built in the Rock Davis ship building yard of the time.
Brickwharf Rd in Woy Woy was so named because it was the road that led to the wharf used to unload bricks for the Woy Woy tunnel.
The register also has details of the Davis, Webb and Cox families who lived on the Peninsula before 1901.
Dorothy Mulholland said that the Central Coast Family History Society is interested in information about other families of the Peninsula area for its second volume.
"We are looking for a complete record of people who lived here before 1901," she said.
She said that the society was looking for photographs, family trees or any kind of record for their next edition.
"The more people who get in touch the better," she said.
The register costs $40 plus postage and handling.
Anyone interested in purchasing the register or providing information can contact Dorothy Mulholland at the Central Coast Family History Society on 4324 5164.
Alison Branley, June 25