Tingira Heights, New South Wales
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Tingira Heights New South Wales |
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| Population | 1,976 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 470/km2 (1,219/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1960s | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2290 | ||||||||||||
| Area | 4.2 km2 (1.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | City of Lake Macquarie | ||||||||||||
| Parish | Kahibah | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Charlestown | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Hunter | ||||||||||||
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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 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.
Coordinates: 32°59′46″S 151°39′36″E / 32.996°S 151.660°E
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