Jingera

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = town

| name = Jingera

| state = nsw

| image = Jingera, New South Wales.jpg

| caption =

| coordinates = {{coord|35|40|57|S|149|26|02|E|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_label_position = right

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in New South Wales

| lga = Snowy Monaro Regional Council

| county = Beresford

| parish = Sherlock

| region = Monaro

| postcode = 2621

| pop =

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}

| pop_footnotes =

| elevation = 908

| stategov = Monaro

| fedgov = Eden-Monaro

| dist1 = 67

| dir1 = SE

| location1 = Canberra

| dist2 = 57

| dir2 = SE

| location2 = Queanbeyan

| dist3 = 86

| dir3 = NNE

| location3 = Cooma

| dist4 = 122

| dir4 = W

| location4 = Batemans Bay

| dist5 = 331

| dir5 = SW

| location5 = Sydney

| near-n = Captains Flat

| near-ne = Kindervale

| near-e = Jerrabattgulla

| near-se = Hereford Hall

| near-s = Anembo

| near-sw = Tinderry

| near-w = Tinderry

| near-nw = Captains Flat

}}

Jingera ({{IPAc-en|dʒ|I|ŋ|g|ə|r|ə}}) is a locality in the Snowy Monaro Region, New South Wales, Australia.{{NSW GNR|id=MaYboetLGH|title=Jingera|accessdate=24 December 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/6079520#map=12/-35.6804/149.4402|publisher =OpenStreetMap|title=Jingera|accessdate=24 December 2017}} It lies south of Captains Flat and northeast of Bredbo. At the {{CensusAU|2021}}, it had a population of 39. It had a public school from 1889 to 1911 and from 1914 to 1941, often operating "half-time".{{cite web|url=https://nswgovschoolhistory.cese.nsw.gov.au/schoolHistory?schoolId=4191|title=Jingera Public School in the School history database search|publisher=New South Wales Department of Education|accessdate=28 December 2017}}

In 1867, the locality was the site of the ambush and murder of four police constables by the notorious gang led by the Clarke brothers.{{Cite news|date=1867-01-15|title=THE MURDER. OF THE FOUR CONSTABLES. AT JINGERA.|pages=4|work=Empire (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1875)|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60604838|access-date=2020-12-18}}

References

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{{Snowy Monaro Regional Council}}

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Category:Snowy Monaro Regional Council

Category:Localities in New South Wales

Category:Southern Tablelands

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