Manumbar

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = suburb

| name = Manumbar

| city =

| state = qld

| image = Sawmill at Manumbar.jpg

| caption = Sawmill at Manumbar

| coordinates = {{coord|-26.3733|152.2844|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Manumbar (centre of locality)}}

| pop = 38

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}

| pop_footnotes =

| established = 1877

| postcode = 4601

| area = 263.4

| timezone = AEST

| utc = +10:00

| dist1 = 47.4

| dir1 = NE

| location1 = Nanango

| dist2 = 51.8

| dir2 = SE

| location2 = Murgon

| dist3 = 85.1

| dir3 = SW

| location3 = Gympie

| dist4 = 175

| dir4 = NNW

| location4 = Brisbane

| lga = Gympie Region

| stategov = Nanango

| fedgov = Wide Bay

| near-n = Cinnabar

| near-ne = Wrattens Forest

| near-e = Upper Kandanga

| near-se = Kingaham

| near-s = Mount Stanley

| near-sw = Elgin Vale

| near-w = Barambah

| near-nw = Kinbombi

}}

Manumbar is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|46356|Manumbar|locality in Gympie Region|accessdate=27 December 2020}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Manumbar had a population of 38 people.

Geography

There are a number of state forests in Manumbar:{{Queensland Globe|access-date=5 May 2022}}

Jimmys Scrub State Forest, {{Convert|890.3|ha}} in the north of the locality ({{Coord|-26.3014|152.2420|type:forest_region:AU-QLD|name=Jimmys Scrub State Forest}})
Kabunga State Forest, {{Convert|331.8|ha}} in the north of the locality ({{Coord|-26.2916|152.2762|type:forest_region:AU-QLD|name=Kabunga State Forest}})
Gallangowan State Forest, {{Convert|4980|ha}} in the south of the locality ({{Coord|-26.4410|152.3300|type:forest_region:AU-QLD|name=Gallangowan State Forest}})

Apart from the state forests, the predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation.

History

The New South Wales Chief Commissioner of Crown Lands accepted the tender in 1855 by John Mortimer and Andrew Anderson for the run called Manumbar.{{cite news |date=1 May 1855 |title=ACCEPTED TENDERS FOR RUNS. |page=1251 |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=64 |location=New South Wales, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article229755564 |accessdate=31 January 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}} The 16,000 acres had an estimated grazing capability of 4,000 sheep. The triangular block of land was bounded on the west by the station of Toomcul; on the north and east by a range dividing the Mary and Burnett watersheds; and on the south by a high range dividing the waters of the Brisbane and Burnett Rivers.{{cite news |date=5 June 1856 |title=CROWN LANDS BEYOND THE SETTLED DISTRICTS. |page=1601 |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=84 |location=New South Wales, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228683766 |accessdate=31 January 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}} However Mortimer occupied the land from 1848.

In 1861 the pastoral run of Manumbar was the scene of colonial frontier conflict.{{cite news |date=16 March 1861 |title=Classified Advertising |volume=XV |page=3 |newspaper=The Moreton Bay Courier |issue=996 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3723212 |accessdate=24 January 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{Cite web |last=Legislative Assembly, Queensland |date=1861 |title=SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE NATIVE POLICE FORCE. 1861 |url=https://aiatsis.gov.au/sites/default/files/catalogue_resources/92123.pdf |access-date=24 January 2023 |website=AIATSIS |pages=101–108 |archive-date=19 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719113845/https://aiatsis.gov.au/sites/default/files/catalogue_resources/92123.pdf |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Prentis |first=Malcolm D |date=14 November 1992 |title=John Mortimer of Manumbar and the 1861 Native Police Inquiry in Queensland |url=https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/data/UQ_204497/s00855804_1992_14_11_466.pdf?Expires=1675157492&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJKNBJ4MJBJNC6NLQ&Signature=EU0BUSiYGgwktVHWEa23~LIAslcao8c6Yx0iHnJ~DJYxsiCsFCxsgXbxykJ9l~xX5PCTu2F7DLRHYdSKTP0YHTCTtcrdfKHdNij5aDg6z1AceyPOWut6DiyCeupGbnpQb05imvh99S48bSQhDFmBCJuqFeQt7OwetZQrMSIbCM4UEM3N~lYN4kAyHVleX9PzTv1y3hos-JTyRPABrWpMWyjYtado3FsmFXqw~T8uxcflUd0IaaNdrTB3BlIPuMaKZjxnj0fxLE513fhN7aASObBN5drmuC~B8-Blcmbnw1kHxoQXSE8pu8NOdSxW~dBU5Ko9j-6OvfXHsirtE1do~A__ |access-date=31 January 2023 |website=University of Queensland}}

Land in Manumbar was open for selection on 17 April 1877; {{Convert|25|mi2||abbr=}} were available.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1361846|title=Proclamations under the New Land Acts.|date=2 March 1877|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|access-date=19 February 2020|location=Queensland, Australia|page=3|via=Trove|archive-date=27 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827084837/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1361846|url-status=live}}

Manumbar State School opened on 28 July 1924 with the arrival of its first teacher, Lilian Treacy. By 1946, the school had grown to require three teachers, but the closure of the saw mill led to the departure of many families and the school closed on 25 May 1947. It was on the north-east corner of Manumbar Road and Main Creek Road ({{Coord|-26.3973|152.2767|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Manumbar State School (former)}}).{{Cite web |date=1955 |title=Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m79 |url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m79-admin-bdy-1955.jpg |access-date=5 May 2022 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map |archive-date=19 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119092501/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m79-admin-bdy-1955.jpg |url-status=live }} Its buildings were relocated to Manumbar Mill State School in 1949.{{Cite QSA Agency|9113|Manumbar State School|5 May 2022

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Manumbar Mill Provisional School opened on 1 April 1925. In 1943, it became Manumbar Mill State School. Again, the closure of the sawmill resulted in falling student numbers. The school closed on 31 December 1968 with the remaining students being taken by bus to Gallangowan State School.{{Citation | author1=Queensland Family History Society | title=Queensland schools past and present | publication-date=2010 | publisher=Queensland Family History Society | edition=Version 1.01 | isbn=978-1-921171-26-0 }} It was on Mill Road (no longer extant, approx {{Coord|-26.4088|152.3615|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Manumbar Mill State School (former)}}).{{Cite web |date=1943 |title=Manumbar |url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-manumbar-1943.jpg |access-date=5 May 2022 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map |archive-date=5 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505082839/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-manumbar-1943.jpg |url-status=live }} The ruins of the mill are to the south of the school site on the other side of Mill Road (approx {{Coord|-26.4105|152.3607|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Manumbar Mill ruins}}).{{Cite web |date=2002 |title=9345-23 Manumbar |url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-25000-line-colour-9345-23-manumbar-ed-1-2002.jpg |access-date=5 May 2022 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map |archive-date=5 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505082839/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-25000-line-colour-9345-23-manumbar-ed-1-2002.jpg |url-status=live }}

File:Former Gallangowan State School from Manumbar, now relocated to the Barambah Environmental Education Centre in Wrattens Forest, 2024.jpg

Gallangowan State School opened on 8 July 1940 and closed on 21 June 1996.{{Cite web |date=20 August 2013 |title=Queensland state school - centre closures |url=https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/tp/2013/5413T3241.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320144902/https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/tp/2013/5413T3241.pdf |archive-date=20 March 2022 |access-date=7 April 2022 |website=Queensland Government}} It was in the Gallangowan State Forest near Gallangowan Oval Road (approx {{Coord|-26.4324|152.3289|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Gallangowan State School (former)}}).{{Cite web |date=1971 |title=Parish of Gallangowan |url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-40chain-parish-gallangowan-1971.jpg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505034850/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-40chain-parish-gallangowan-1971.jpg |archive-date=5 May 2022 |access-date=5 May 2022 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map}}

Demographics

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Manumbar had a population of 53 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC31770|name=Manumbar (SSC)|accessdate=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Manumbar had a population of 38 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL31754|name=Manumbar (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

Economy

There are a number of homesteads in the locality:{{Cite web |date=18 November 2020 |title=Homesteads - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/b27874c1-ccb9-463d-a26f-706abcc0ab79 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124212526/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/b27874c1-ccb9-463d-a26f-706abcc0ab79 |archive-date=24 November 2020 |access-date=24 November 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=Queensland Government}}

Baalgamon ({{coord|-26.4073|152.2177|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Baalgamon (homestead)}})
Court-Le-Roi ({{coord|-26.3609|152.2396|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Court-Le-Roi (homestead)}})
Glenholme ({{coord|-26.3260|152.2635|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Glenholme (homestead)}})
Manumbar Station ({{coord|-26.3871|152.3552|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Manumbar Station (homestead)}})
My Hills ({{coord|-26.3943|152.3028|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=My Hills (homestead)}})
The Crest ({{coord|-26.4076|152.3315|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=The Crest (homestead)}})
Vale View ({{coord|-26.3957|152.2748|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Vale View (homestead)}})
Wyampa ({{coord|-26.3607|152.3032|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Wyampa (homestead)}})

Education

There are no schools in Manumbar. The nearest government primary schools are Goomeri State School in Goomeri to the north-west, Moffatdale State School in Moffatvale to the west, and Kandanga State School in Kandanga to the east. The nearest government secondary schools are Goomeri State School (to Year 10), Mary Valley State College (to Year 10) in Imbil to the south-east, Nanango State High School (to Year 12) in Nanango to the south-west, and Murgon State High School in Murgon to the north-west.

Notable residents

John Mathew, Presbyterian minister and anthropologist, resided at Manumbar with his uncle John Mortimer. He worked there for six years as a stockrider, bookkeeper, and storeman, becoming familiar with the culture and language of two Aboriginal Australian groups, the Kabi and Wakka Wakka people.{{Australian Dictionary of Biography|last=Prentis|first=M. D.|year=1986|id2=mathew-john-7516|title=John Mathew|accessdate=2 June 2012}} The State Library of Queensland holds a notebook containing an Aboriginal vocabulary list by John Mathew and other papers including letters from his uncle John Mortimer and cousin G.W. Anderson of Manumbar Station.{{Cite web |date=31 January 2023 |title=John Mathew papers |url=https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/discovery/fulldisplay?&context=L&vid=61SLQ_INST:SLQ&search_scope=Everything&tab=All&docid=alma99236233402061 |access-date=2023-01-31 |website=State Library of Queensland |language=en |archive-date=31 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131130408/https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/discovery/fulldisplay?&context=L&vid=61SLQ_INST:SLQ&search_scope=Everything&tab=All&docid=alma99236233402061 |url-status=live }}