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
Greater NewcastleNew South Wales
Tingira Heights is located in the Hunter-Central Coast Region
Tingira Heights
Tingira Heights
Coordinates32°59′46″S 151°39′36″E / 32.996°S 151.660°E / -32.996; 151.660
Population2,043 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density486/km2 (1,260/sq mi)
Established1960s
Postcode(s)2290
Area4.2 km2 (1.6 sq mi)
Location
LGA(s)City of Lake Macquarie
ParishKahibah
State electorate(s)Charlestown
Federal division(s)Hunter
Suburbs around Tingira Heights:
Eleebana Mount Hutton Windale
Eleebana Tingira Heights Jewells
Croudace Bay Floraville Belmont North

History

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The Awabakal are the traditional people of this area.[2]

Prior to 1965, the suburb was called Violet Town. A ship named after the Indigenous tribe Tingira (on the NSW/QLD border) 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

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  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Tingira Heights". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 21 July 2023.  
  2. ^ "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people". Lake Macquarie City Council. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  3. ^ Pioneers & Settlers of Lake Macquarie, by the Lake Macquarie Family History Group Inc.Priner by LMCC2006
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