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Past: William Davis first came from
Northern Ireland as a non Catholic chaplain on an immigrant ship
in the 1820s, but returned to settle in NSW in 1833.
Rev. Davis, whose name is commemorated by
Davistown, first settled in Wollongong, but decided to apply for
land at Brisbane Water because there were opportunities for
himself and his sons.
He settled in Kincumber in 1839 and taught in
the school he opened. This was the first school to be set up in
Brisbane Water District.
At Wollongong his sons had been apprentice
ship builders and he envisaged fuller work for them at
Kincumber. All 12 of them were to become widely known for their
ship building.
One, Ben, is remembered through the small
village of Bensville which was originally called Sunnyside. Ben
Davis purchased 20Ha of land on Cockle Creek shores to set up
his yard. Davistown.
Water frontage mean
Davistown had an integral place in the history and development
of the Central Coast.
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