Hely named the land after the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania , made famous by the 1809 poem Gertrude of Wyoming by Thomas Campbell .
In 1824 Frederick Augustus Hely ( 1794 -- 1836 ) purchased 1,340 acres ( 5.42 km ) of land adjacent to Narara Reserve .
Frederick Augustus Hely named the land after the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania , made famous by the 1809 poem Gertrude of Wyoming by Thomas Campbell .
In 1824 Frederick Augustus Hely ( 1794 -- 1836 ) purchased 1,340 acres ( 5.42 km ) of land adjacent to Narara Reserve .