Fingal, Tasmania
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| Fingal Tasmania |
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| Population: | 449 (2006) [1] |
| Established: | 1827 |
| Postcode: | 7214 |
| Elevation: | 232 m (761 ft) |
| Location: |
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| LGA: | Break O'Day Council |
| State District: | Lyons |
| Federal Division: | Lyons |
Fingal is a small Australian town located in Fingal Valley in the north-east of Tasmania, on the Esk Highway.
[edit] History
The Fingal area was surveyed in 1824 by Roderic O'Connor and John Helder Wedge, and is believed to have been named after Fingal's Cave in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland rather than the County of Fingal in Ireland. The town of Fingal came into existence in 1827 as a convict station, and experienced a boom when Van Diemen's Land's first payable gold was discovered in nearby Mangana.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Community Profile Series : Fingal. 2006 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved on 2008-03-23.
- ^ Fingal: Quiet and attractive rural town, The Sydney Morning Herald, February 8, 2004.
[edit] External links
- Fingal Online Access Centre, Tasmanian Communities Online
- Fingal, Tasmania is at coordinates Coordinates:
