Marrinup, Western Australia
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Marrinup is a
The campsite features toilets, tables and barbeques. A 4.5 km (2.8 mi) walk trail from the townsite to the remains of an defunct
The town was initially established in the 1880s as a timber town to fell the
After 1930, the townsite had become abandoned[6] as a result of a decline in timber resources and milling operations being moved to Dwellingup.[7] A POW camp was established during World War II in July 1943[8] to house prisoners of war after an agreement was reached with the British to house of prisoners in Western Australia. The prisoners provided labour on farms and for cutting timber. The Marrinup camp was able to house up to 1,200 prisoners and commenced operations in August 1943. German and Italian prisoners were kept in different parts of the compound. All that remains of the camp is a clearing in the forest and some building foundations.[4] The camp ceased operations in August 1946.[8]
The remains of the town were lost in a bushfire in 1961.[7][4]
The Marrinup Cycle Trail, an 8 km (5.0 mi) looped mountain bike track also starts and finishes from the eastern side of the townsite.[9]
Notable residents
Dorothy Tangney, Australia's first woman senator, lived in Marrinup as a child.[10]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Marrinup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Marrinup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b c "Marrinup Townsite camping grounds". Shire of Murray. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ^ a b c "Marrinup". Western Australia now and then. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Marrinup Townsite (Ruins)". InHerit. Heritage Council of Western Australia. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ^ a b c d "POW Camp - Marrinup Trail" (PDF). Visit Peel. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Camp 16 - Marrinup POW Camp". Australia @ War. 2001. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ^ "Marrinup Trail". Dwellinup WA. 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ^ Lawrence, Carmen (2012). "Tangney, Dame Dorothy Margaret (1907–1985)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 18.