Jingellic, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Jingellic
state = nsw

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caption = The Bridge Hotel
lga = Tumbarumba Shire Council
lga2 = Greater Hume Shire Council
postcode = 2642
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county = Selwyn
stategov = Albury
fedgov = Eden-Monaro
fedgov2 = Farrer
dist1 = 520
location1= Sydney
dir1 = SW
dist2 = 45
location2= Tumbarumba
dir2 = SW
dist3 = 112
location3= Albury
dir3 = WSW

Jingellic is a small town that straddles the boundaries of the Greater Hume Shire and Tumbarumba Shire Local Government Areas in southern New South Wales, Australia.cite web|url=http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/dlg_Regions.asp?region=MR&regiontype=2&slacode=7450|title=Tumbarumba Shire Council Boundaries|publisher=NSW Dept of Local Government|accessdate=2008-04-01|work=Suburb search - Jingellic] The town is located near a crossing on the upper Murray River.

Across the river on the Victorian side are the nearby towns of Walwa and Tintaldra.

History

European settlers grazed cattle on the banks of Murray at Jingellic from the 1830s. The first land grants were issued in the 1840s and 1850s.

In 1920 a butter factory was established. With the decline of the dairy industry it closed in 1963.

Bridges

The bridge was begun in 1887 but not opened until 1892. Once the bridge was opened, a customs house was built on the Victorian side and operated until 1915 from which time customs dues were no longer an issue. Apparently locals continued to use the nearby Horse Creek ford for smuggling. When the new bridge was constructed in 1959, it bypassed the town.

The remains of the old bridge are seen as significant by the New South Wales Roads and Traffic Authority as:"a representative example of a method of bridge building which is no longer used. It is one of several identifiable stages of bridge building along the Murray."

The remnants of the old bridge are upstream of the present bridge and the hotel. The remnants consist of steel or iron trestles standing in the river without any superstructure. The present bridge is a steel truss bridge with ten approach spans; seven on the NSW side and three on the Victorian side.

Attractions

The "Bridge Hotel" at Jingellic is well known in the district. Below the hotel is a camping ground on the banks of the river.

External links

* [http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/index.cgi?action=heritage.show&id=4301072 New South Wales Road Traffic Authority - statement of significance on Jingellic Bridge]
* [http://jingellic.visitnsw.com/HolidayLocation/TNSW604255CT.htm New South Wales Tourism page]

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