Jingera New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 35°40′57″S 149°26′02″E / 35.68250°S 149.43389°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 39 ( 2016 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 2621 | ||||||||||||||
Location | 67 km (42 mi) SE of Canberra | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Snowy Monaro Regional Council | ||||||||||||||
Region | Monaro | ||||||||||||||
County | Beresford | ||||||||||||||
Parish | Sherlock | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Monaro | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Eden-Monaro | ||||||||||||||
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Jingera is a locality in the Snowy Monaro Region, New South Wales, Australia. [2] [3] It lies south of Captains Flat and northeast of Bredbo. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 39. [1] It had a public school from 1889 to 1911 and from 1914 to 1941, often operating "half-time". [4]
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. [5]