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The Central Coast is an Australian peri-urban region in New South Wales, located on the coast north of Sydney and south of Lake Macquarie. The Central Coast has an estimated population of 323,079 as at June 2014,〔 growing at 1% p.a.〔(2012 Central Coast AT A GLANCE ). ''Central Coast Research Foundation''.〕 making it the third largest urban area in New South Wales and the ninth largest urban area in Australia. Geographically, the Central Coast is generally considered to include the region bounded by the Hawkesbury River in the south, the Watagan Mountains in the west and the southern end of Lake Macquarie in the north.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Central Coast )〕 Politically, it is administered as two local government areas: City of Gosford and Wyong Shire. In September 2006, the New South Wales Government released a revised long term plan for the region that sees the Central Coast classified as a regional city, along with Wollongong and the Hunter Region. Subsequently a new junior Ministerial post was created in State Parliament, this was downgraded to a joint Parliamentary Secretary position in March 2015. As of April 2015 the Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and the Hunter is Scott McDonald MLC.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mr Scott MACDONALD, MLC )〕 == History == The region has been inhabited for thousands of years by Aboriginal people. The local Guringai and Darkinjung people were some of the first Aboriginal people to come in contact with British settlers. An Aboriginal man from the region named Bungaree became one of the most prominent people of the early settlement of New South Wales. He was one of the first Aboriginal people to learn English and befriended the early governors Phillip, King and Macquarie.〔Karskens, Grace. The Colony: The History of Early Sydney - Allen & Unwin 2010. The ISBN 9781742373645〕 Macquarie later declared Bungaree "The King of the Broken Bay Tribes". Post settlement disease and disruption greatly reduced the numbers of Aboriginal people. In 1811, the Governor of New South Wales, Lachlan Macquarie, gave the first land grant in the region to William Nash, a former marine of the First Fleet. No further grants were made in the area until 1821.〔Bennett, F. C.: ''The Story of the Aboriginal People of the Central Coast of New South Wales'', Brisbane Water Historical Society, 1968, p. 9.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Central Coast (New South Wales)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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