In the early 1830s the Government decided that there should be a Government town at Brisbane Water as allotments in the private township of Samuel Peek (now East Gosford) were being sold.
The land selected for the township on the headwater of Brisbane Water was occupied by Thomas Allison Scott. The Government resumed this land and gave him the grant at Tascott by way of compensation.
In 1838 Alfred Holden applied to purchase six acres of the Township Reserve as he already had a house on the land - now Grahame Park. The application was refused.
Surveyor Dalgety then was instructed by the Colonial Secretary to prepare a plan of the ground for a township at Point Frederick.
On 27th February 1839, Dalgety forwarded "The Survey for the Township at Point Frederick" to the Governor. It was returned in April with the words "To be called Gosford" written across the survey plan.
From: Place Names of the Central Coast: origins & meanings (Historical Monographs No. 5) Eileen Pratt - West Gosford : BWHS : 1978
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