Tingira Heights, New South Wales facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Tingira Heights Greater Newcastle, New South Wales
Tingira Heights Location in the Hunter-Central Coast Region
Population	2,043 (2021 census)
• 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

The Awabakal are the traditional people of this area.

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.