Manjimup, Western Australia
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Manjimup is a town in
History
Manjimup was named after the Noongar words "Manjin" (a broad-leafed edible reed) and "up" (meeting place, or place of).[4] Manjimup was first settled by timber cutter Thomas Muir, who took up land near the present town site in 1856. It was declared a town in 1910, and a railway from Perth was completed in 1911.[5]
The population expanded when Manjimup became part of the post-World War I Group Settlement Scheme. The Group Settlement Scheme was largely unsuccessful because the land was difficult to clear and many of the new settlers were not experienced farmers. The settlers who stayed became dairy farmers, which ended during the 1930s Great Depression when the price of butterfat collapsed.[5]
Economy
Industry
Timber is the town's major industry, but it has been joined by fruit and vegetable farms, dairy farms,
Manjimup is the leading Australian-mainland producer of black
Research is also being conducted on
Tourism
Manjimup's tourist attractions include the Diamond Tree fire lookout; the Four Aces, which are four 75-metre-tall (246 ft) karri trees over 400 years old; One Tree Bridge, a bridge made of a single karri tree; Fonty's Pool; a timber museum called Manjimup Timber Park; and timber sawmills including Deanmill. During wildflower season from October to December, the King Jarrah Heritage Trail is home to various native flowers.[5]
Since 2001, an annual cherry festival has been held in December. The three-day festival features the crowning of the cherry king and queen and a cherry pit spitting competition, and is attended by some 5,000 visitors.[18][19] In 1980, Manjimup held its first motocross event, named the Manjimup 15000 International Motocross in honour of the $15,000 prize for first place.[20] The event was held annually in June until it was cancelled in 2006 due to public liability insurance issues and a lack of volunteers.[21] In 2005, the event drew 6,000 spectators and 340 competitors from Australia, New Zealand and the United States.[22] The event began running again in 2009.
The Manjimup Heritage Park was voted the Western Australia's joint Favourite Playground in 2021.[23]
Education
Two public
East Manjimup Primary School opened in 1971.[24] Seventy-five percent of students live in the town east of the railway line, with the remaining students from farms or smaller communities out of town or outside the school's catchment area.[24] The school had 331 students in semester 2, 2007, with 36 in part-time kindergarten.[24] Its student attendance rate is 93.2%.[24]
Kearnan College (formerly Saint Jeremy Chole College) was founded by the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart in 1925 and was originally called St Joseph's. The school had 461 students from kindergarten to year 12, as of September 2016.[26][27] It was only a primary school in its early years; the high school was added under parish priest Father Stephen Kelly in 1970. With this addition, Kearnan College became the first coeducational catholic school in Western Australia.[28]
The town's high school,
Transportation
The
Politics
Manjimup is located in the
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Forestry issues
The Manjimup region has been the focus of forest issues for over 80 years – initially the development of the Group Settlement Scheme saw forests cleared for settlements, then in the 1970s the Manjimup
Climate
Manjimup has a mild Mediterranean climate, with cool wet winters and warm dry summers.[39] Manjimup's longest consecutive run of cold days was 20 days between 13 July and 1 August 1958, and its longest consecutive wet spell was 44 days between 1 July to 13 August 1946.[40] During this period, 374 mm (14.7 in) of rain fell.[40]
Climate data for Manjimup, Western Australia (inland) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 42.7 (108.9) |
41.6 (106.9) |
41.2 (106.2) |
34.4 (93.9) |
29.2 (84.6) |
22.9 (73.2) |
21.6 (70.9) |
24.6 (76.3) |
30.4 (86.7) |
33.3 (91.9) |
38.7 (101.7) |
41.1 (106.0) |
42.7 (108.9) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27.2 (81.0) |
27.1 (80.8) |
24.2 (75.6) |
21.1 (70.0) |
17.7 (63.9) |
15.4 (59.7) |
14.4 (57.9) |
15.1 (59.2) |
16.5 (61.7) |
18.9 (66.0) |
22.0 (71.6) |
24.9 (76.8) |
20.4 (68.7) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 13.1 (55.6) |
13.4 (56.1) |
12.5 (54.5) |
10.8 (51.4) |
8.9 (48.0) |
7.5 (45.5) |
6.4 (43.5) |
6.5 (43.7) |
7.2 (45.0) |
8.3 (46.9) |
10.1 (50.2) |
11.7 (53.1) |
9.7 (49.5) |
Record low °C (°F) | 6.0 (42.8) |
5.6 (42.1) |
3.3 (37.9) |
1.6 (34.9) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
0.2 (32.4) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
0.0 (32.0) |
0.6 (33.1) |
0.1 (32.2) |
2.3 (36.1) |
4.4 (39.9) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 20.0 (0.79) |
18.6 (0.73) |
29.9 (1.18) |
59.5 (2.34) |
129.2 (5.09) |
161.6 (6.36) |
174.1 (6.85) |
145.0 (5.71) |
108.9 (4.29) |
75.1 (2.96) |
46.1 (1.81) |
25.3 (1.00) |
994.2 (39.14) |
Average precipitation days | 5.9 | 5.9 | 7.6 | 11.6 | 17.6 | 20.1 | 22.3 | 21.0 | 17.7 | 15.1 | 10.5 | 7.3 | 162.6 |
Average afternoon relative humidity (%) (at 1500)
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43 | 44 | 48 | 58 | 65 | 71 | 71 | 68 | 64 | 57 | 51 | 47 | 57 |
Source: [41] |
Notable people
- Piero Balbo (1916–2003), lawyer, commander of Italian partisan groups 1943–1945, was born in Manjimup.[42]
- John Chester, eco-terrorist with criminal convictions for armed bank robbery, car theft, assault and confinement, theft of explosives and destruction of property. He carried out the 1976 Bunbury woodchip bombing in an attack on the port's woodchip exporting infrastructure.[43][44]
- Walter Handmer AM (1927–2007), Australian diplomat, lived in Manjimup from the early 1930s until 1944.
- Shelly Liddelow (born 1984), Olympic field hockey player, born in Manjimup.
- Marlion Pickett (born 1992), Australian rules footballer who plays for Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), born in Manjimup.
- Matt Priddis (born 1985), former Australian rules footballer and Brownlow Medal winner who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL), born in Manjimup.
- Sam Kekovich (born 1950), former Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne and Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (now Australian Football League), and Australian Lamb Meat Ambassador, born in Manjimup.[45]
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