Population 1,976 (2011 census) Postcode(s) 2290 State electorate(s) Charlestown Postal code 2290 | Established 1960s LGA(s) City of Lake Macquarie Area 4.2 km² Parish Kahibah | |
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Location 16 km (10 mi) SW of Newcastle
6 km (4 mi) SSW of Charlestown | ||
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.
Map of Tingira Heights NSW 2290, Australia
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.
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Tingira Heights, New South Wales Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA