----- Original Message ----- From: "ian" <iandwmckenzie@optusnet.com.au> To: <AUS-NSW-CENTRAL-COAST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 11:40 AM Subject: [ANCC] Maiden Brush, Gosford area Hi Wendy > I am trying to find out about Maiden Brush. In the mid > 1800s several of the Creighton children were born there > and some died there too. I can't find out about the > location on the Internet, but think it was probably a > little to the north of >the current Gosford township. Thats about it Can anyone enlighten me as the the location and history of this area, and what it >is now called? North Gosford >How did it get it's name? No idea ! I know there is a road through Wyoming called Maiden's Brush Road, but this is all I have discovered. I had a look on Gosford Council web site.......... Maiden's Brush is mentioned but thats all http://www.gosford.nsw.gov.au/library/local_history/Suburbs/index_html In the 1850's when my Creighton ancestor [William Creighton, son of Robert Creighton, the elder] lived here he was a sawyer and a wheelwright, so perhaps it was a timber-getting area? The old name of Ourimbah was Blue Gum Flat ...........Was all timber getting around here for quite a long time and cattle rustling ............ No gold in them thar hills around here ......... Maidens Brush is just the name of a road. Have never given any thought to how it got to be called that ! Bye MargM Beautiful Central Coast of NSW
Thanks MargM, in all the baptism and burial records I have the area is referred to as Maiden Brush not Maiden's Brush as the road is now called. I notice that the shops along that road also refer to themselves as Maiden's Brush Pharmacy, Maiden's Brush Newsagency, etc. I'll try to get hold of an old map of the area and see if it is marked anywhere. I think if I do find it it will be around North Gosford, as you say. Thank goodness I have Gwen Dundon's fishing book, which includes some maps, otherwise I wouldn't have a clue where any of the place were on the central coast. I'll keep searching, regards Wendy McKenzie.