Population 366 (2011 census) Postcode(s) 7214 State electorate(s) Lyons Area 4.6 km² Local time Sunday 9:56 AM | Established 1827 LGA(s) Break O'Day Council Elevation 232 m Postal code 7214 | |
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Location 19 km (12 mi) W of St Marys
72 km (45 mi) E of Launceston
150 km (93 mi) NE of Hobart Weather 15°C, Wind N at 8 km/h, 96% Humidity | ||
Fingal /fɪŋˈɔːl/ is a small Australian town in Fingal Valley in the north-east of Tasmania, on the Esk Highway.
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Map of Fingal TAS 7214, Australia
History
The Fingal area was surveyed in 1824 by Roderic O'Connor and John Helder Wedge, and is believed to have been named after Fingal's Cave in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland rather than Fingal in Ireland. The town of Fingal came into existence in 1827 as a convict station, and experienced a boom when Van Diemen's Land's first payable gold was discovered in nearby Mangana.
Fingal Post Office opened on 1 June 1832.
References
Fingal, Tasmania Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA