Tinderry

Town in New South Wales, Australia

35°41′57″S 149°19′02″E / 35.69917°S 149.31722°E / -35.69917; 149.31722Population59 (SAL 2021)^[1]Postcode(s)2620Elevation1,095 m (3,593 ft)Location

70 km (43 mi) S of Canberra
66 km (41 mi) S of Queanbeyan
86 km (53 mi) N of Cooma
146 km (91 mi) W of Batemans Bay
356 km (221 mi) SW of Sydney

LGA(s)Snowy Monaro Regional Council RegionMonaroCounty BeresfordParish

Wise
Tinderry

State electorate(s)Monaro Federal division(s)Eden-Monaro

Localities around Tinderry:
Burra	Urila	Jingera
Michelago	Tinderry	Anembo
Michelago	Jerangle	Anembo

Tinderry is a locality in the Snowy Monaro Region, New South Wales, Australia.^[2]^[3] It lies to the east of Michelago and South West of Captains Flat. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 66.^[4] The western part of the locality lies on the Tinderry Range, which includes Tinderry Peak (1,619 m (5,312 ft)) and Tinderry Twin Peak. A large part of the mountainous terrain forms Tinderry Nature Reserve. Further east the terrain is more open and includes grazing country and the small settlement of Little Tinderry. A public school was located at Little Tinderry from 1899 to 1913, generally described as "half-time", but "provisional" in 1900 and early 1901.^[5]

References

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Tinderry (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ "Tinderry". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
^ "Tinderry". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Tinderry". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
^ "Little Tinderry Public School in the School history database search". New South Wales Department of Education. Retrieved 28 December 2017.