Jingera

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Jingera
New South Wales
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Jingera
Location in New South Wales
Coordinates 35°40′57″S149°26′02″E / 35.68250°S 149.43389°E / -35.68250; 149.43389 Coordinates: 35°40′57″S149°26′02″E / 35.68250°S 149.43389°E / -35.68250; 149.43389
Population39 (2016 census) [1]
Postcode(s) 2621
Location67 km (42 mi) SE of Canberra
LGA(s) Snowy Monaro Regional Council
Region Monaro
County Beresford
Parish Sherlock
State electorate(s) Monaro
Federal Division(s) Eden-Monaro
Localities around Jingera:
Captains Flat Captains Flat Kindervale
Tinderry Jingera Jerrabattgulla
Tinderry Anembo Hereford Hall

Jingera is a locality in the Snowy Monaro Region, New South Wales, Australia. [2] [3] It lies south of Captains Flat and northeast of Bredbo. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 39. [1] It had a public school from 1889 to 1911 and from 1914 to 1941, often operating "half-time". [4]

In 1867, the locality was the site of the ambush and murder of four police constables by the notorious gang led by the Clarke brothers. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Jingera". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 24 December 2017. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. "Jingera". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 December 2017. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. "Jingera". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  4. "Jingera Public School in the School history database search". New South Wales Department of Education. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  5. "THE MURDER. OF THE FOUR CONSTABLES. AT JINGERA". Empire (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1875). 15 January 1867. p. 4. Retrieved 18 December 2020.