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Mangrove Mountain
The ‘mountain’ is the farmed plateau above Mangrove Creek.
1830sFirst roads cross the plateau
WHAT STARTED IT
The name arose in the 1830s, when the first roads between Mangrove Creek and Brisbane Water climbed onto the plateau above the creek. Families from the Mangrove Creek valley and the Gosford area later moved up to farm the higher ground.
WHAT SUSTAINED IT
Settlement on ‘the Mountain’ began in the late 1800s, and a half-time school called Blood Tree opened in 1895, later running as Koree Public School. In the 1980s Mangrove Creek Dam was built nearby to supply Gosford and Wyong.
TURNING POINTS
1830sRoads between Mangrove Creek and Brisbane Water give the plateau its name.
1895Blood Tree half-time school opens.
1918The school becomes a public school, named Koree until 1937.
1978The public school closes.
1982Mangrove Creek Dam is completed nearby.
WHAT IT DOES NOW
A spread-out rural community of farms, with a Greek Orthodox monastery, a union church and a gliding club nearby. It lies about 34 km west of Gosford.