Gorokan is a
suburb
A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that is primarily a residential area. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separate ...
of the
Central Coast region of
New South Wales
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, Australia. It is part of the
local government area
A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi ...
. The word "Gorokan" means "The Morning Dawn" from the language of the
Awabakal (an Aboriginal tribe). There are two schools in the area, Gorokan Public School and
Gorokan High School. Electricity was first brought to the area as a part of a £42,000 programme for electricity reticulation under the Brisbane Water County Council.
Located on the shores of Lake Tuggerah, Gorokan has long been a holiday destination with the Quoy family first buying land in the area in 1923 where they built and rented a series of holiday homes. Other families such as the Gedlings (by way of Gordon and Margaret Gedling) built a holiday house on the Gorokan waterfront in 1956.
References
2. Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 – 1954) Thursday 25 April 1935 p 6 Article (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139257202?)
3. The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate (NSW : 1906 – 1954) Friday 14 October 1949 p 1 Article (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article167109296?)
4. Anthony Scott, CSIRO Land and Water, Canberra Technical Report 40/98 December 1998 "The Ecology of the Tuggerah Lakes An Oral History" p 9
(http://www.clw.csiro.au/publications/technical98/tr40-98.pdf)
Suburbs of the Central Coast (New South Wales)
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