Tanja, New South Wales

Tanja
Tanja is located in New South Wales
Tanja
Tanja
Coordinates: 36°38′00″S 149°58′00″E / 36.63333°S 149.96667°E / -36.63333; 149.96667
CountryAustralia
StateNew South Wales
LGA
Location
  • 14 km (8.7 mi) NE of Bega
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Population
 • Total157 (2016 census)[2]
Postcode
2550

Tanja is a locality in the Bega Valley Shire of New South Wales, Australia.[3] At the 2016 census, Tanja had a population of 157.[2]

Tanja Public School is situated on Barrabooka Road. The school had an enrolment of 17 in 2017.[4] It dates from 1878, having originally begun in a room of the school teacher's own residence.[5][6]

Tanja Post Office opened on 1 September 1878 and closed on 28 August 1980.[7]

Heritage listings

Tanja has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

  • Haighs Road (within Mimosa Rocks National Park): Penders[8]
  • Nelson Lake Road, Nelson Lagoon, Mimosa Rocks National Park: Baronda[9]

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Tanja (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Tanja (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 15 June 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ "Extract". Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Tanja Public School". Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Looking back: The early days of Tanja school education". Bega District News. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  6. ^ "School history database search". NSW Department of Education. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  7. ^ "Tanja". Post Office Reference. Premier Postal. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  8. ^ "Penders". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01913. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence.
  9. ^ "Baronda". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01915. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence.