Tascott

About Tascott

Tascott is a suburb of the Central Coast of New South Wales, located between Gosford and Woy Woy on Brisbane Water's western shore. Named after Thomas Alison Scott, a Scottish immigrant who lived to 105 and founded the area, Scott is widely regarded as a pioneer of the Australian sugar industry. He brought sugar cane from Tahiti to Sydney in 1817 and grew a field of sugar cane on Brisbane Water by around 1835. Tascott railway station opened in 1905 and was built largely to service the Scott family's Waterview guesthouse. The station remains a short platform of only two train cars in length. Before World War II, Tascott was a minor holiday destination and remained semi-rural until the 1960s. Notable resident Nicola McDermott won a silver medal in high jump at the 2020 Summer Olympics. The suburb is in the state electorate of Gosford. The suburb had a population of 1,675 at the 2016 census.