MANJIMUP, WESTERN AUSTRALIA

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A major service town and regional centre for the surrounding timber milling activities.
Location: 304 km south east of Perth.
Origin of name: derived from the Aboriginal name 'manjim' - a broadleaf, marshy flag with an edible root, valued as an article of diet by the natives. These rushes grew below a spring in the area.
Brief history: the earliest white settlers were Charles Rose and Frank Hall who arrived in 1859. Hall left soon after but his property was taken over by J Mottram who named it Manjimup House. A town was surveyed as small lots in 1902 under the name of Manjimup, however that town is present day Balbarrup. The name was changed in 1910 and Manjimup was re-gazetted to its present position when the railway was built and a new town created at the line's terminus.
Natural features: Donnelly River; King Jarrah Tree; graphite deposits.
Built features: Timber Park; Age of Steam Museum; Fire Tower Lookout; Timber Museum; Four Aces; Diamond Tree Tower; Diamond Mill; Vineyards; village of Palgarup.
Heritage features: One Tree Bridge; Blacksmith's Workshop; Bush School; Pioneer Cemetery; Dingup Church; Yallambee Minerals & Fossil Display; 'Fernhill' homestead (1872, 1887).