Holgate is a semi-rural suburb on the Central Coast of the state of New South Wales, Australia.

[4] Holgate is the area of land on the Western side of the Matcham Estate bounded to the north by Tumbi Umbi, the west by Lisarow and the south by Erina.

It is part of the 2560 acres granted to Charles Horatio Matcham, a nephew of Lord Nelson.

Mrs Heyne lived to the age of 92 years and died in Gosford on 30 December 1976.

The choice was Holgate submitted by Mrs Pollard, as it was the name of the town near York, England, where she had lived before coming to Australia.