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Jingera

Jingera is a locality in the Snowy Monaro Region, New South Wales, Australia. It lies south of Captains Flat and northeast of Bredbo. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 39. It had a public school from 1889 to 1911 and from 1914 to 1941, often operating "half-time".

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Jingera
Town
Jingera
Location in New South Wales
Coordinates: 35°40′57″S 149°26′02″E / 35.68250°S 149.43389°E / -35.68250; 149.43389
CountryAustralia
StateNew South Wales
RegionMonaro
LGA
Location
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Elevation
908 m (2,979 ft)
Population
 • Total39 (SAL 2016)34
Postcode
2621
CountyBeresford
ParishSherlock
Localities around Jingera
Captains Flat Captains Flat Kindervale
Tinderry Jingera Jerrabattgulla
Tinderry Anembo Hereford Hall

Jingera (/dʒɪŋɡərə/) is a locality in the Snowy Monaro Region, New South Wales, Australia.56 It lies south of Captains Flat and northeast of Bredbo. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 39. It had a public school from 1889 to 1911 and from 1914 to 1941, often operating "half-time".7

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.8

References

References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Jingera (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016. 
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Jingera (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  3. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Jingera (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016. 
  4. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Jingera (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  5. "Jingera". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  6. "Jingera". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  7. "Jingera Public School in the School history database search". New South Wales Department of Education. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  8. "THE MURDER. OF THE FOUR CONSTABLES. AT JINGERA". Empire (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1875). 15 January 1867. p. 4. Retrieved 18 December 2020.