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Fingal
Tasmania
Fingal; Tasmania
	Aerial photo from south east. South Esk River visible.
	Fingal
Coordinates	41°38′19″S 147°58′02″E / 41.6386°S 147.9672°E
Population	431 (2021 census)
• 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	19 km (12 mi) W of St Marys ; 72 km (45 mi) E of Launceston ; 150 km (93 mi) NE of Hobart ; 56 km (35 mi) SW of St Helens ;
LGA(s)	Break O'Day Council
Region	North-east
State electorate(s)	Lyons
Federal division(s)	Lyons
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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]

It is a small town in Fingal Valley in the north-east of Tasmania.

History

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]

Geography

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)
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]

Road infrastructure

Route A4 (Esk Main Road) runs through from south-west to north-east.^[3]^[9]

References

^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "Fingal, Tasmania" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
^ http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_092012_All.shtml ^{[bare URL]}
^ "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.

External links

Fingal Online Access Centre, Tasmanian Communities Online

[Census2021Y-1] "2021 Census Quick Stats Fingal (Tas.)". quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.

[Census2016Y-2] "2016 Census Quick Stats Fingal (Tas.)". quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2021.

[Placename-3] "Placenames Tasmania – Fingal". Placenames Tasmania. Select “Search”, enter "996H", click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”. Retrieved 2 April 2021.

[4] 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/

[5] Fingal: Quiet and attractive rural town, The Sydney Morning Herald, February 8, 2004.

[Post_Office-6] Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 16 June 2012.

[7] "Fingal, Tasmania" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2 April 2021.

[8] ttps://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_092012_All.shtml ^{[bare URL]}

[9] "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.

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+{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
+{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
 {{Infobox Australian place | type = town
 | name     = Fingal
@@ Line 6: / Line 8: @@
 | lga      = [[Break O'Day Council]]
 | postcode = 7214
+| pop         = 431
-| pop      = 366 (2011) <ref>{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC60111|name = Fingal|accessdate = 2012-11-13}}</ref>
+| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
+| pop_footnotes=<ref name=Census2021Y>{{cite web |url=https://abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL60200 |title=2021 Census Quick Stats Fingal (Tas.) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2022-07-26 |website=quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=2022-07-26 |quote=}}</ref>
 | area     = 4.6
 | density  = 79.6
@@ Line 25: / Line 29: @@
 | dir3     = NE
 | location3= [[Hobart]]
+| region      = [[North-east LGA Region|North-east]]
+| location4   = [[St Helens, Tasmania|St Helens]]
+| dist4       = 56
+| dir4        = SW
+| coordinates={{Coord|-41.6386|147.9672|format=dms|type:city_region:AU-TAS|display=inline,title}}
+| near-nw  = [[Mangana, Tasmania|Mangana]]
+| near-n   = [[Mathinna, Tasmania|Mathinna]]
+| near-ne  = St Marys
+| near-e   = [[St Marys, Tasmania|St Marys]]
+| near-w   = [[Rossarden]]
+| near-sw  = [[Avoca, Tasmania|Avoca]]
+| near-s   = [[Royal George, Tasmania|Royal George]]
+| near-se  = Royal George
 }}
+'''Fingal''' {{IPAc-en|f|ɪ|ŋ|'|ɔː|l}} is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of [[Break O'Day Council|Break O'Day]] in the [[North-east LGA Region|North-east]] LGA region of [[Tasmania]]. The locality is about {{convert|56|km}} south-west of the town of [[St Helens, Tasmania|St Helens]]. The [[2016 Australian census|2016 census]] recorded a population of 405 for the state suburb of Fingal.<ref name=Census2016Y>{{cite web |url=https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC60199?opendocument |title=2016 Census Quick Stats Fingal (Tas.) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=23 October 2017 |website=quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=2 April 2021 |quote=}}</ref>
-'''Fingal''' {{IPAc-en|f|ɪ|ŋ|'|ɔː|l}} is a small [[Australia]]n town in [[Fingal Valley]] in the north-east of [[Tasmania]], on the [[Esk Highway]].
+It is a small town in Fingal Valley in the north-east of Tasmania.
 ==History==
+Fingal was gazetted as a locality in 1965.<ref name=Placename>{{cite web |url=https://www.placenames.tas.gov.au/#p1 |title=Placenames Tasmania – Fingal |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= |publisher=Placenames Tasmania |access-date=2 April 2021 |at=Select “Search”, enter "996H", click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”}}</ref>
-The Fingal area was surveyed in 1824 by [[Roderic O'Connor (surveyor)|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]]. The town of Fingal came into existence in 1827 as a [[Convictism in Australia|convict]] station, and experienced a boom when [[Van Diemen's Land]]'s first payable [[gold]] was discovered in nearby [[Mangana, Tasmania|Mangana]].<ref>[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.</ref>
+The Fingal area was surveyed in 1824 by [[Roderic O'Connor (land commissioner)|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]].<ref>''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/</ref> The town of Fingal came into existence in 1827 as a [[Convictism in Australia|convict]] station, and experienced a boom when [[Van Diemen's Land]]'s first payable [[gold]] was discovered in nearby [[Mangana, Tasmania|Mangana]].<ref>[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.</ref>
-Fingal Post Office opened on 1 June 1832.<ref name = "Post Office">{{Cite web  | last = Premier Postal History  | title = Post Office List  | publisher = Premier Postal Auctions | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=Tas&country= | accessdate = 16 June 2012}}</ref>
+Fingal Post Office opened on 1 June 1832.<ref name = "Post Office">{{Cite web  | last = Premier Postal History  | title = Post Office List  | publisher = Premier Postal Auctions | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=Tas&country= | access-date = 16 June 2012}}</ref>
+==Geography==
+Almost all the boundaries are survey lines. The [[South Esk River]] flows through from north to south-west.<ref>{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Fingal+TAS+7214/@-41.6570015,147.7882621,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0xaa712647b84753d3:0x403c94dd0ddfc00!8m2!3d-41.6386!4d147.9671999  |title=Fingal, Tasmania |access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref>
+===Climate===
+{{Weather box
+|location = Fingal (Legge Street) (237 AMSL)
+|width = auto
+|metric first = Yes
+|single line = Yes
+|Jan record high C = 41.3
+|Feb record high C = 36.4
+|Mar record high C = 35.7
+|Apr record high C = 29.4
+|May record high C = 25.3
+|Jun record high C = 20.7
+|Jul record high C = 19.2
+|Aug record high C = 22.2
+|Sep record high C = 29.0
+|Oct record high C = 31.6
+|Nov record high C = 35.4
+|Dec record high C = 39.3
+|year record high C = 41.3
+|Jan high C = 23.8
+|Feb high C = 22.9
+|Mar high C = 21.6
+|Apr high C = 18.4
+|May high C = 15.3
+|Jun high C = 12.7
+|Jul high C = 12.2
+|Aug high C = 13.3
+|Sep high C = 15.4
+|Oct high C = 17.6
+|Nov high C = 19.8
+|Dec high C = 21.7
+|year high C = 17.9
+|Jan low C = 10.4
+|Feb low C = 10.1
+|Mar low C = 8.2
+|Apr low C = 5.3
+|May low C = 2.8
+|Jun low C = 1.1
+|Jul low C = 0.6
+|Aug low C = 1.2
+|Sep low C = 3.2
+|Oct low C = 4.9
+|Nov low C = 7.2
+|Dec low C = 8.8
+|year low C = 5.3
+|Jan record low C = 0.1
+|Feb record low C = −0.2
+|Mar record low C = −1.9
+|Apr record low C = −4.8
+|May record low C = −8.1
+|Jun record low C = −9.0
+|Jul record low C = −8.1
+|Aug record low C = −7.4
+|Sep record low C = −6.2
+|Oct record low C = −4.6
+|Nov record low C = −2.1
+|Dec record low C = −1.5
+|year record low C = −9.0
+|rain colour = green
+|Jan rain mm = 44.5
+|Feb rain mm = 40.4
+|Mar rain mm = 45.0
+|Apr rain mm = 51.1
+|May rain mm = 50.7
+|Jun rain mm = 65.4
+|Jul rain mm = 54.9
+|Aug rain mm = 59.8
+|Sep rain mm = 49.8
+|Oct rain mm = 53.2
+|Nov rain mm = 46.0
+|Dec rain mm = 49.7
+|year rain mm = 608.3
+|Jan rain days = 7.2
+|Feb rain days = 6.5
+|Mar rain days = 7.9
+|Apr rain days = 8.3
+|May rain days = 9.6
+|Jun rain days = 10.8
+|Jul rain days = 12.0
+|Aug rain days = 11.4
+|Sep rain days = 10.8
+|Oct rain days = 10.8
+|Nov rain days = 9.4
+|Dec rain days = 8.7
+|year rain days = 113.4
+|unit rain days = 0.2 mm
+|source 1 = [[Bureau of Meteorology]]<ref>http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_092012_All.shtml {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2022}}</ref>
+|date=2021
+}}
+==Road infrastructure==
+Route A4 (Esk Main Road) runs through from south-west to north-east.<ref name=Placename/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/Documents/Route%20Descriptions%20V3.6.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801112712/http://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/Documents/Route%20Descriptions%20V3.6.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-08-01 |title=Tasmanian Road Route Codes |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=May 2017 |website= |publisher=Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment |access-date=2 April 2021 |quote=}}</ref>
 ==See also==
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 ==External links==
+{{Wikivoyage|Fingal (Tasmania)}}
-*[http://www.tco.asn.au/oac/home.cgi?oacID=45 Fingal Online Access Centre], Tasmanian Communities Online
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080627014705/http://www.tco.asn.au/oac/home.cgi?oacID=45 Fingal Online Access Centre], Tasmanian Communities Online
+{{East Coast Tasmania}}
+{{authority control}}
-{{Coord|-41.6386|147.9672|format=dms|type:city_region:AU-TAS|display=title}}
 [[Category:Towns in Tasmania]]
 [[Category:North East Tasmania]]
+[[Category:Localities of Break O'Day Council]]