Matcham, New South Wales

Suburb of Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia

Matcham
Central Coast, New South Wales

Population| 987 (2016 census)[1]
• Density| 240.7/km2 (623/sq mi)
Postcode(s)| 2250
Area| 4.1 km2 (1.6 sq mi)
Location| 12 km (7 mi) E of Gosford
LGA(s)| Central Coast Council
Parish| Kincumber
State electorate(s)| Terrigal
Federal division(s)| Dobell
| Suburbs around Matcham:

| Tumbi Umbi | Tumbi Umbi
Holgate | Matcham | Wamberal
| Erina Heights | Wamberal

Matcham is a semi-rural suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the Central Coast Council local government area and included in the electoral district of Terrigal.[2] It has a hall and a historic church, St. George's Church, established in 1925.[citation needed]

## Origin of the name Matcham[edit]

The Matcham Estate was a grant of 2,560 acres to Charles Horatio Nelson Matcham, a nephew of Lord Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson. Charles Horatio Matcham came to Sydney in 1828.

Charles Matcham of the Murrumbidgee River was promised the land as a primary grant and authorised to take possession from the 18 October 1831. The deed is registered in book 59/129 and is dated 1 January 1840.

He remained at "Bogolong" Murrumbidgee, where he died on 11 March 1844.

The estate passed to his nephew and then through various hands without development until 1907, when George Matcham sold to Frank L Measures of Niagara Park. Between 1907 and 1910, Measures subdivided the estate into various portions, one of them eventually becoming the suburb of nearby Holgate.

Extracted from the Matcham and Holgate Hall News (Matcham Hall).

## Notable residents[edit]

Notable residents include Peter Sterling.[citation needed]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Matcham (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
2. ^ "Electoral District of Terrigal". elections.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 30 January 2019.

Media related to Matcham, New South Wales at Wikimedia Commons Coordinates: 33°24′54″S 151°25′34″E﻿ / ﻿33.415°S 151.426°E﻿ / -33.415; 151.426

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Suburbs of the Central Coast, New South Wales

Towns, suburbs
and localities|

* Alison
* Avoca Beach
* Bar Point
* Bateau Bay
* Bensville
* Berkeley Vale
* Blackwall
* Blue Bay
* Blue Haven
* Booker Bay
* Bouddi
* Box Head
* Budgewoi
* Budgewoi Peninsula
* Buff Point
* Bushells Ridge
* Calga
* Canton Beach
* Cedar Brush Creek
* Central Mangrove
* Chain Valley Bay
* Charmhaven
* Cheero Point
* Chittaway Bay
* Chittaway Point
* Cogra Bay
* Colongra
* Copacabana
* Crangan Bay
* Daleys Point
* Davistown
* Dooralong
* Doyalson
* Doyalson North
* Durren Durren
* East Gosford
* Empire Bay
* Erina
* Erina Heights
* Ettalong Beach
* Forresters Beach
* Fountaindale
* Glenning Valley
* Glenworth Valley
* Gorokan
* Gosford
* Green Point
* Greengrove
* Gunderman
* Gwandalan
* Halekulani
* Halloran
* Hamlyn Terrace
* Hardys Bay
* Holgate
* Horsfield Bay
* Jilliby
* Kangy Angy
* Kanwal
* Kariong
* Kiar
* Killarney Vale
* Killcare
* Killcare Heights
* Kincumber
* Kincumber South
* Kingfisher Shores
* Koolewong
* Kulnura
* Lake Haven
* Lake Munmorah
* Lemon Tree
* Lisarow
* Little Jilliby
* Little Wobby
* Long Jetty
* Lower Mangrove
* MacMasters Beach
* Magenta
* Mangrove Creek
* Mangrove Mountain
* Mannering Park
* Mardi
* Marlow
* Matcham
* Moonee
* Mooney Mooney
* Mooney Mooney Creek
* Mount Elliot
* Mount White
* Narara
* Niagara Park
* Norah Head
* Noraville
* North Avoca
* North Gosford
* Ourimbah
* Palm Grove
* Palmdale
* Patonga
* Pearl Beach
* Peats Ridge
* Phegans Bay
* Picketts Valley
* Point Clare
* Point Frederick
* Pretty Beach
* Ravensdale
* Rocky Point
* San Remo
* Saratoga
* Shelly Beach
* Somersby
* Spencer
* Springfield
* St Huberts Island
* Summerland Point
* Tacoma
* Tacoma South
* Tascott
* Terrigal
* The Entrance
* The Entrance North
* Toowoon Bay
* Toukley
* Tuggerah
* Tuggerawong
* Tumbi Umbi
* Umina Beach
* Upper Mangrove
* Wadalba
* Wagstaffe
* Wallarah
* Wamberal
* Warnervale
* Watanobbi
* Wendoree Park
* West Gosford
* Wisemans Ferry
* Wondabyne
* Woongarrah
* Woy Woy
* Woy Woy Bay
* Wyoming
* Wyong
* Wyong Creek
* Wyongah
* Yarramalong
* Yattalunga

Rivers and
other waterways|

* Brisbane Water
* Budgewoi Lake
* Cedar Brush Creek
* Colongra Lake
* Erina Creek
* Ettalong Creek
* Forresters Creek
* Jilliby Jilliby Creek
* Kincumber Creek
* Mangrove Creek
* Mannering Lake
* Morans Creek
* Mooney Mooney Creek
* Mullet Creek
* Lake Munmorah
* Ourimbah Creek
* Spring Creek
* Terrigal Lagoon
* Wamberal Lagoon
* Tuggerah Lake
* Tuggerah Lakes
* Woy Woy Creek
* Wyong River

National parks|

* Bouddi
* Brisbane Water
* Dharug

Other places and
points of interest|

* Central Coast Stadium
* Central Coast Highway
* Erina Fair
* Gosford Glyphs
* Munmorah Power Station
* Munmorah State Conservation Area
* Pacific Motorway
* Watagan Mountains
* Wyrrabalong National Park

List of Central Coast, New South Wales suburbs

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