Tingira Heights, New South Wales

Suburb of Greater Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

32°59′46″S 151°39′36″E / 32.996°S 151.660°E / -32.996; 151.660Population2,043 (2021 census)^[1] • Density486/km² (1,260/sq mi)Established1960sPostcode(s)2290Area4.2 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 MacquarieParishKahibahState 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

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

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Tingira Heights". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
^ "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