Fingal, Tasmania

Fingal, Tasmania

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Fingal
state = tas


caption = Aerial photo from south east. South Esk River visible.
lga = Break O'Day Council
postcode = 7214
pop = 449 (2006) [Census 2006 AUS|id = SSC65396|name = Fingal|accessdate = 2008-03-23 ]
est = 1827
elevation= 232
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Lyons
fedgov = Lyons
dist1 = 19
dir1 = W
location1= St Marys
dist2 = 72
dir2 = E
location2= Launceston
dist3 = 150
dir3 = NE
location3= Hobart

Fingal is a small Australian town located in Fingal Valley in the north-east of Tasmania, on the Esk Highway.

History

The Fingal area was surveyed in 1824 by Roderic O'Connor and John Helder Wedge, and is believed to have been named after Fingal's Cave in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland rather than the County of Fingal in Ireland. The town of Fingal came into existence in 1827 as a convict station, and experienced a boom when Van Diemen's Land's first payable gold was discovered in nearby Mangana. [ [http://www.smh.com.au/news/tasmania/fingal/2005/02/17/1108500205758.html Fingal: Quiet and attractive rural town] , "The Sydney Morning Herald", February 8, 2004.]

References

External links

* [http://www.tco.asn.au/oac/home.cgi?oacID=45 Fingal Online Access Centre] , Tasmanian Communities Online


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