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Past:
Woy Woy Shire: A Brief History
1788, 5 weeks after the First Fleet sailed into Port Jackson, Governor
Arthur Phillip and a party of officers and men made a voyage of discovery in
small boats to what is now known as Brisbane Water. Governor Phillip considered
the land unsuitable for farming so it was not until 35 years later, in 1823,
that the first land grant was made on the Peninsula.
In the 1828 census, the population of the
peninsula was three. In 1841, there were 6 males and one female at the Webb
Farm.
The Shire of Woy Woy was formally constituted on 1 August 1928. Cr C.J. Staples
was the first Shire President.
In 1931, Woy Woy Shire Council erected a
building to accommodate the Shire officers and records and to be used as Council
Chambers.
On the 31st December 1946, Woy Woy Shire
Council was dissolved. The former Shire building continued to serve as a
community facility, housing Gosford Shire Council offices, and in 1948, the
first library in Gosford Shire, accommodated in two rooms of the building. was
officially opened.
A brief history extracted from
'Woy Woy ... the Venice of Australia'
Joan Fenton 2000
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