Tingha

Postcode: 2369

Tingha is a small town in Northern New South Wales, Australia in Guyra Shire. It was first settled in 1841 by Sydney Hudson Darby and was formerly a mining town. Its main attraction is the "Green Valley Farm" entertainment park. this place is an amazing place to visit. it has many attractions such as water park, animals, and loads of playing equipment.

Tingha, with an Aboriginal name said to mean 'flat or open land'.

Before European settlement the area was occupied by the Anaiwan, a sub-group of the Murri Aboriginal people. Many of their descendants still live in the area.

Early European occupation of the district is related to the settlement of Inverell. In 1870, tin was discovered at Tingha, after an initial find north at Elsmore. At the peak of the tin boom Tingha was the largest tin-producing district in NSW with mines stretching for 8 km and employing, it is said, 8000 men, of which perhaps 2000 were Chinese.

Tingha was established as a private town to service the mines in 1885. New dredges were brought in to rework the old ground in the 20th century. Little remains of the old mines but a rusting steam engine and lots of weeds.

From a peak of 2500 people in the 1880s the population has declined to some 900 persons today.

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