| Kincumber Central Coast, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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| Population | 7,093 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 887/km2 (2,296/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2251 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 8 m (26 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 8.0 km2 (3.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Central Coast Council | ||||||||||||||
| Parish | Kincumber | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Terrigal | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Robertson | ||||||||||||||
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Kincumber is a south-easternsuburb of theCentral Coast region ofNew South Wales, Australia, nested between the Kincumba Mountain Reserve and the Kincumber Broadwater and located 87 kilometres (54 mi) north of Sydney via theSydney–Newcastle Freeway (M1). It is part of theCentral Coast Councillocal government area. It is on Guringgai land
A nature reserve, Kincumba Mountain, is located within the suburb and is often used by the community for various functions, includingpicnicking,bush-walking,orienteering,parties, andcarnivals.
Kincumber is also a skateboarding hub of the Central Coast. It has two skate facilities, one in Frost Reserve and the other in South Kincumber recreation area.
The name derives from the localAboriginal word "kincumba", meaning "towards the rising sun" or "to tomorrow".[2] A large open flat rock area at the highest plateau of Kincumba Mountain, which commands panoramic views of the region, was used byKuringgai people as a meeting place and camp. Being the highest open position in the region, it was first to receive the morning sun as it broke over the eastern horizonTasman Sea/Pacific Ocean, and so this area was also referred to as "towards tomorrow".[citation needed]Signs of habitation in the Kincumber area include axe-grinding grooves and rock engravings on Kincumba Mountain. Due to the freshwater creek, water access fromBrisbane Water and theHawkesbury River, and an abundance of old rainforest timber in the surrounding valley hills, Kincumber was one of the earliest settlements on the Central Coast, supplying wood for the needs of the growing colony at Sydney in the early 19th century.[citation needed]
Boat building became an early local secondary industry aftertimber-getting, to meet the primary necessity of water transport. Boat-building along Kincumber Creek continued until the early 20th century. The last ship was built in the area in 1906 by George Frost. It was called the SSRock Lily.[3]
Kincumber was once home to amonazite processing plant that processed mineral sands mined in the local area. The plant was operated on the edge of Kincumber industrial estate, and backed on to Kincumber Creek. The site, "Lot 500", is now abandoned but still has higher than average levels of radiation and has been deemed unsafe for development.[4]During road widening along Empire Bay Drive a radiological survey was conducted. Generally, the dose rates measured were well below the threshold of 0.7 μSv/h and indicate that the area had been remediated to a reasonable level, with a peak dose rate of 0.82 μSv/h being the only outlyer of the area surveyed.[5]
During the mid-1980s, the town made international headlines for the mistreatment ofEve van Grafhorst, a girl who contracted HIV through an infected blood transfusion after her premature birth. When van Grafhorst bit a child at kindergarten in 1985, she was not allowed to return unless she wore a face mask. The attitude of local residents eventually forced her and her family to move toHastings, New Zealand. They were told by the Gosford City Council: "Withdraw your daughter from kindergarten or we will go public with the fact she has HIV".[citation needed] Van Grafhorst and her family lived a relatively normal life in Hastings, where she was permitted to attend school. She eventually died from the disease in 1993, at the age of eleven.[6]
On 28 August 2000, theOlympic torch relay passed through Kincumber en route to theSydney Olympic Stadium.
According to the2016 census there were 7,093 people in Kincumber.
As of January 2020[update], Kincumber has ahigh school,primary school,hotel,shopping centre,library, severalrestaurants,fast food outlets and alicensed post office.[7]
At a federal level, Kincumber is within theDivision of Robertson. Previously held on a safe margin byJim Lloyd of the Liberal Party, the seat changed hands in the 2007 Federal Election to the Australian Labor Party'sBelinda Neal. In 2010 the seat was won by Labor member Deborah O'Neill.[8] After the 2013 Federal election,Lucy Wicks of the Liberal party held office. The May federal election of 2022, saw Dr Gordon Reid of the Australian Labor Party, win the seat of Robertson.
In theNew South Wales Legislative Assembly, Kincumber is within the electorate ofTerrigal, currently held byAdam Crouch of the Liberal Party.
Polling place statistics are presented below combining the votes from theKincumber,Kincumber Central andScaysbrook polling places in the federal and state elections as indicated.
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