Fingal,_Tasmania
Fingal, Tasmania
Town in Tasmania, Australia
Fingal /fɪŋˈɔːl/ is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Break O'Day in the North-east LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 56 kilometres (35 mi) south-west of the town of St Helens. The 2016 census recorded a population of 405 for the state suburb of Fingal.[2]
| Fingal Tasmania | |||||||||||||||
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Aerial photo from south east. South Esk River visible. | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°38′19″S 147°58′02″E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 431 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 79.6/km2 (206/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1827 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 7214 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 232 m (761 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 4.6 km2 (1.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | Break O'Day Council | ||||||||||||||
| Region | North-east | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Lyons | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Lyons | ||||||||||||||
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It is a small town in Fingal Valley in the north-east of Tasmania.
Fingal was gazetted as a locality in 1965.[3]
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 Fingal in Ireland.[4] 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.[5]
Fingal Post Office opened on 1 June 1832.[6]
Almost all the boundaries are survey lines. The South Esk River flows through from north to south-west.[7]
Climate
| Climate data for Fingal (Legge Street) (237 AMSL) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 41.3 (106.3) |
36.4 (97.5) |
35.7 (96.3) |
29.4 (84.9) |
25.3 (77.5) |
20.7 (69.3) |
19.2 (66.6) |
22.2 (72.0) |
29.0 (84.2) |
31.6 (88.9) |
35.4 (95.7) |
39.3 (102.7) |
41.3 (106.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 23.8 (74.8) |
22.9 (73.2) |
21.6 (70.9) |
18.4 (65.1) |
15.3 (59.5) |
12.7 (54.9) |
12.2 (54.0) |
13.3 (55.9) |
15.4 (59.7) |
17.6 (63.7) |
19.8 (67.6) |
21.7 (71.1) |
17.9 (64.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 10.4 (50.7) |
10.1 (50.2) |
8.2 (46.8) |
5.3 (41.5) |
2.8 (37.0) |
1.1 (34.0) |
0.6 (33.1) |
1.2 (34.2) |
3.2 (37.8) |
4.9 (40.8) |
7.2 (45.0) |
8.8 (47.8) |
5.3 (41.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 0.1 (32.2) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
−9 (16) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
−9 (16) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 44.5 (1.75) |
40.4 (1.59) |
45.0 (1.77) |
51.1 (2.01) |
50.7 (2.00) |
65.4 (2.57) |
54.9 (2.16) |
59.8 (2.35) |
49.8 (1.96) |
53.2 (2.09) |
46.0 (1.81) |
49.7 (1.96) |
608.3 (23.95) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 7.2 | 6.5 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 9.6 | 10.8 | 12.0 | 11.4 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 | 113.4 |
| Source: Bureau of Meteorology[8] | |||||||||||||
Route A4 (Esk Main Road) runs through from south-west to north-east.[3][9]
- Electoral district of Fingal former Tasmanian House of Assembly district.
- "2021 Census Quick Stats Fingal (Tas.)". quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- "2016 Census Quick Stats Fingal (Tas.)". quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- "Placenames Tasmania – Fingal". Placenames Tasmania. Select “Search”, enter "996H", click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- A letter found among the correspondence of the Lands and Survey Department, dated 30 November 1827, written by Roderic O'Connor (one of the Commissioners with Frankland, appointed to divide the colony into Counties, Hundreds and Parishes, and set aside reserves for townships etc) reads as follows: "The township which we have selected between Talbot's and Grant's is an admirable one as it embraces all the points from the South Esk and Break of Day Rivers ... we abandon the one on marked on the chart at the head of Mr Talbot's grant reserving only as much as will suffice for the Parish. We have called the Township 'Fingal' in honour of Mr Talbot whose family rank high in Ireland" (1/LSD 71/196) Letter from E R Pretyman 19/07/1961 (F/353). https://www.placenames.tas.gov.au/
- Fingal: Quiet and attractive rural town, The Sydney Morning Herald, February 8, 2004.
- Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
- Google (2 April 2021). "Fingal, Tasmania" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- "Tasmanian Road Route Codes" (PDF). Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment. May 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- Fingal Online Access Centre, Tasmanian Communities Online