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: |
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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]