East Gosford
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An aerial view of East Gosford | |||||||||||||
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Interactive map of East Gosford | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 33°25′55″S 151°21′04″E / 33.432°S 151.351°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| City | Central Coast | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1991 | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 2.1 km2 (0.81 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Elevation | 14 m (46 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 4,391 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2250 | ||||||||||||
| Parish | Gosford | ||||||||||||
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East Gosford is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, located immediately south-east of Gosford's town centre. 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 2016 census East Gosford had a population of 4,238 people.