Tinderry Explained

Type:town
Tinderry
State:nsw
Coordinates:-35.6992°N 149.3172°W
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in New South Wales
Lga:Snowy Monaro Regional Council
County:Beresford
Parish:
  • Wise
  • Tinderry
Region:Monaro
Postcode:2620
Pop:66
Stategov:Monaro
Fedgov:Eden-Monaro
Dist1:70
Dir1:S
Location1:Canberra
Near-N:Urila
Near-Ne:Jingera
Near-E:Anembo
Near-Se:Anembo
Near-S:Jerangle
Near-Sw:Michelago
Near-W:Michelago
Near-Nw:Burra

Tinderry is a locality in the Snowy Monaro Region, New South Wales, Australia.[1] It lies to the east of Michelago and South West of Captains Flat. At the, it had a population of 66. The western part of the locality lies on the Tinderry Range, which includes Tinderry Peak (1619m (5,312feet)) 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.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tinderry. OpenStreetMap. 17 May 2018.
  2. Web site: Little Tinderry Public School in the School history database search. New South Wales Department of Education. 28 December 2017.