Tuggerah () is a developing

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of the Central Coast region of

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, Australia, situated on the Main North Line railway and Sydney-Newcastle Freeway approximately 90 km north of

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. It is the Business Hub, Major Shopping Area and Financial District for the . It is a mixture of semi-rural, Residential, and light industrial. Historically it was, like much of the Wyong District a dairy area, which currently still has the Pioneer Dairy Wetlands. There was an airstrip for some years which has now been built over. The Wyong South sewerage plant is also located in Tuggerah.

History

Etymology

Not to be confused with Togara,

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(near

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), Tuggerah was originally an Aboriginal word but its true meaning is not agreed upon by all sources. Some say that it originally meant 'cold' or 'cold place', and some say its original meaning was 'savannah grasslands'.
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called Tuggerah.

Commercial area

Tuggerah is a major light industrial and commercial area for the northern Central Coast. It is a huge attraction for the Central Coast and further out residents for its Shopping Centre Westfield Tuggerah as well as the Tuggerah Supa Centre in Bryant Drive and numerous other shops along Pacific Highway. A number of well known business have Headquarters and offices in the Tuggerah Business Park such as

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, ING Australia, as well as the Zenith Business Centre on Reliance Drive.

References

Suburbs of the Central Coast (New South Wales) {{CentralCoastNSW-geo-stub