Tingira Heights, New South Wales
Tingira Heights is a suburb of City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia, 16 kilometres (10 mi) south-west of Newcastle's central business district on the eastern side of Lake Macquarie. It was developed in the 1960s.
| Tingira Heights New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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| Population | 2,149 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 512/km2 (1,325/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1960s | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2290 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 4.2 km2 (1.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | City of Lake Macquarie | ||||||||||||||
| Parish | Kahibah | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Charlestown | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Hunter | ||||||||||||||
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The Awabakal are the traditional people of this area.[2]
Tingira is the name of an aboriginal tribe on the NSW / Qld border, which means "open sea". A ship of the same name was Australia's first naval training vessel in 1912 and was decommissioned in 1941. In 1965 the H.M.A.S Tingira Old Boys Association asked to have a town named after the ship, and the name was adopted by the Violet Town Progress Association. Tingara is an alternative spelling.[3]
References
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Tingira Heights (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people". Lake Macquarie City Council. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- Pioneers & Settlers of Lake Macquarie, by the Lake Macquarie Family History Group Inc.Priner by LMCC2006
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