Tanja is a locality in the

Bega Valley Shire The Bega Valley Shire is a Local government in Australia, local government area located adjacent to the South Coast, New South Wales, south-eastern coastline of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire was formed in 1981 with the amalgamation of t ...

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. At the , Tanja had a population of 157. Tanja Public School is situated on Barrabooka Road. The school had an enrolment of 17 in 2017. It dates from 1878, having originally begun in a room of the school teacher's own residence. Tanja Post Office opened on 1 September 1878 and closed on 28 August 1980.

Heritage listings

Tanja has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * Haighs Road (within Mimosa Rocks National Park):

Penders Penders is a heritage-listed holiday retreat at Haighs Road (within Mimosa Rocks National Park), Tanja, Bega Valley Shire, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Roy Grounds and built from 1964 to 1980 by Hamish Ramsay and other local b ...

* Nelson Lake Road, Nelson Lagoon, Mimosa Rocks National Park:

Baronda Baronda is a heritage-listed former holiday house at Nelson Lake Road, Nelson Lagoon Mimosa Rocks National Park, Tanja, Bega Valley Shire, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Graeme Gunn and built from 1968 to 1969 by Kingsley Koelln ...

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