Fingal Head, New South Wales

Fingal Head
New South Wales
Fingal Headland and the Tweed River
Fingal Head is located in New South Wales
Fingal Head
Fingal Head
Coordinates28°12′10″S 153°34′00″E / 28.20277778°S 153.5666667°E / -28.20277778; 153.5666667
Population615 (2021)[1]
LGA(s)Tweed Shire
RegionNorth Coast

Fingal Head is a village on the Tasman Sea coast in the far northeast of New South Wales, Australia, about 5 km south of the New South Wales and Queensland border. The village is often just called Fingal. The headland and the small off-shore Island (Cook Island) were first sighted by James Cook about 17:00 on 16 May 1770 (log date and time). At the time of the 2021 census, Fingal Head had a population of 592 people.[1]

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Fingal Head (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 26 December 2023. Edit this at Wikidata