Tingira Heights, New South Wales

Suburb of Greater Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Tingira Heights
Greater Newcastle, New South Wales

Tingira Heights

Coordinates| 32°59′46″S 151°39′36″E﻿ / ﻿32.996°S 151.660°E﻿ / -32.996; 151.660
Population| 2,043 (2021 census)[1]
• Density| 486/km2 (1,260/sq mi)
Established| 1960s
Postcode(s)| 2290
Area| 4.2 km2 (1.6 sq mi)
Location|

* 16 km (10 mi) SW of Newcastle
* 6 km (4 mi) SSW of Charlestown

LGA(s)| City of Lake Macquarie
Parish| Kahibah
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

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.

## 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

## External links

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* History of Tingira Heights (Lake Macquarie City Library)

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Towns, suburbs & localities of the City of Lake Macquarie

Towns, suburbs
& localities|

* Adamstown Heights
* Arcadia Vale
* Argenton
* Awaba
* Balcolyn
* Balmoral
* Barnsley
* Belmont
* Belmont North
* Belmont South
* Bennetts Green
* Blackalls Park
* Blacksmiths
* Bolton Point
* Bonnells Bay
* Boolaroo
* Booragul
* Brightwaters
* Buttaba
* Cameron Park
* Cams Wharf
* Cardiff
* Cardiff Heights
* Cardiff South
* Carey Bay
* Catherine Hill Bay
* Caves Beach
* Charlestown
* Coal Point
* Cooranbong
* Croudace Bay
* Dora Creek
* Dudley
* Edgeworth
* Eleebana
* Eraring
* Fassifern
* Fennell Bay
* Fishing Point
* Floraville
* Freemans Waterhole
* Garden Suburb
* Gateshead
* Glendale
* Highfields
* Hillsborough
* Holmesville
* Jewells
* Kahibah
* Kilaben Bay
* Killingworth
* Kotara South
* Lakelands
* Little Pelican
* Macquarie Hills
* Mandalong
* Marks Point
* Marmong Point
* Martinsville
* Mirrabooka
* Morisset
* Morisset Park
* Mount Hutton
* Murrays Beach
* Myuna Bay
* New Lambton Heights
* Nords Wharf
* Pelican
* Pinny Beach
* Rankin Park
* Rathmines
* Redhead
* Ryhope
* Seahampton
* Silverwater
* Speers Point
* Sunshine
* Swansea
* Swansea Heads
* Teralba
* Tingira Heights
* Toronto
* Valentine
* Wakefield
* Wangi Wangi
* Warners Bay
* West Wallsend
* Whitebridge
* Windale
* Windermere Park
* Woodrising
* Wyee
* Wyee Point
* Yarrawonga Park

Other places &
points of interest|

* Avondale College
* Belmont Anti-Tank Ditch
* Blackalls Park railway station
* Cardiff Locomotive Workshops
* Charlestown Square
* Cockle Creek Smelter
* Eraring Power Station
* Fernleigh Track
* Glenrock Lagoon
* Lake Macquarie
* Lake Macquarie Petrified Forest
* Mount Sugarloaf
* RAAF Base Rathmines
* South Waratah Colliery
* Teralba Colliery
* Toronto railway line
* Toronto railway station
* Wangi Power Station
* Watagans National Park

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