Jindera is a small town in the South West Slopes section of the

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region of

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, Australia. The town is situated in the

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local government area, north of the regional centre of

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. At the 2016 census, Jindera had a population of 2,222 residents. Jindera's chief attraction is Jindera Pioneer Museum, which is contained within an old store and home that belonged to the pioneering Wagner family. The "store" is stocked with authentic goods of the 19th century, while the living area at the rear is furnished in the original style of the era.

History

Hamilton Hume Hamilton Hume (19 June 1797 – 19 April 1873) was an early explorer of the present-day Australian states of New South Wales and Victoria. In 1824, along with William Hovell, Hume participated in an expedition that first took an overland rout ...

and

William Hovell William Hilton Hovell (26 April 1786 – 9 November 1875) was an English explorer of Australia. With Hamilton Hume, he made an 1824 overland expedition from Sydney to Port Phillip (near the site of present-day Melbourne), and later explored the ...

were two early explorers who passed through the area, travelling from Sydney to Geelong in 1824. The township was originally known as "Dight's Forest", after John Dight who was a relative of Hamilton Hume. Although likely to be aboriginal, the origin of the place name "Jindera" is now obscure. During the nineteenth century Jindera saw a substantial population of

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s who had migrated to the

in the 1860s, principally from South Australia. Dight's Forest Post Office opened on 1 January 1870 and was renamed Jindera in 1885. In 1900, Jindera, Thurgoona and Black Range Australian rules football club's played in the Swain Trophy competition.

Education

St John's Lutheran School is a coeducational

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school located in Jindera that caters for preschool through to Year 6., and is a part of Lutheran Education Australia, a network of schools and early childhood centres designed to promote and support Lutheran education across Australia. St John's was established in 1868 when the Lutheran pioneers trekked from South Australia to Jindera. The first school was a single log cabin classroom attached t
Pastor J.F. Goessling
s house. The school's current location) was built in 1924. Jindera Public School moved to its current premises in 1992. In 2009, the St Mary MacKillop College, Albury opened in the grounds of St Mary's Church, Jindera.

Gallery

File:JinderaMuseum.JPG, Jindera Pioneer Museum File:JinderaLutheranChapel2.JPG, Lutheran chapel File:JinderaRomanCatholicChurch.JPG, Our Lady Help of Christians church

Notes and references

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