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Ex-Manumbar resident Patricia Maher, now at Calliope, with one of the special guests for the day, former Kilkivan Shire councillor Graham Knight who served on the council for 29 years<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

October 23, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

Manumbar residents – as well as just about everyone who’s been connected with the locale in recent years – gathered at the historic Manumbar Community Hall on Saturday to mark the centenary of settlement of the area.<\/p>\n

The history of Manumbar dates back much further of course, with a long pre-colonial past and then the first pastoral run established by John Mortimer and Andrew Anderson in 1848.<\/p>\n

In the early days, the area was sheep country and then became known for dairying and timber.<\/p>\n

But things really started changing in the 1920s, with the establishment of the Manumbar Settlement School, the first dance at the Manumbar Settlement Hall and the first campdraft (at Washpool) in 1924.<\/p>\n

The area, now part of the Gympie Regional Council area, was formerly part of Kilkivan Shire and a number of former Kilkivan councillors returned for the centenary celebrations.<\/p>\n

There were vintage cars and farm machinery, cart rides as well as an extensive display of local memorabilia inside the hall.<\/p>\n

Some of the visitors dressed in period costume to add more colour to the day.<\/p>\n

A highlight of the day was the cutting of the Centenary Cake by former Kilkivan Shire councillor (and Manumbar resident) Graham Knight and former Manumbar resident Ida Moffett, who is turning 100 later this month.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ida was born in Nanango on October 30, 1924, and lived at Manumbar until 1965; these days she resides at Kilcoy.<\/p>\n

An old-time dinner\/dance was held in the hall on Saturday night, with about 200 diners already booked in by Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Many of the visitors camped over for the night in the grounds of the nearby campdraft area.<\/p>\n

An Encouragement Draft was also held to coincide with the centenary from 7:00am on Saturday, with entrants taking part in Junior, Juvenile and Encouragement competitions.<\/p>\n

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Former councillor Graham Knight and Ida Moffett, who lived at Manumbar until 1965, cut the centenary cake … Ida will turn 100 on October 30<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Manumbar Hall Committee secretary Sheryl Franz rings the old school bell to get the crowd’s attention<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Mary and Elizabeth Devereux, from the Gympie Gold Mining and Historical Museum, with Ruby Beil, centre, from Kingaroy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Steve Webster, from ‘Langley’, and Bevin Schulz, from ‘Karrabin’, were hard at work at the barbie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Volunteers from the Elgin QCWA were also hard at work … Andrea Ashby, Ros Franz and Kat Franz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Manumbar Hall Committee secretary Sheryl Franz with Gympie Regional Council Deputy Mayor Dolly Jensen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Manumbar Hall Committee president Yolande Webster speaking at the official opening<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bud Angel with his mum, former Kilkivan Shire councillor Margaret Angel … Margaret, who served on the council for 16 years, was sharing memories of the region at the microphone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hazel Christie-Small and Judy Cranston, both from Blackbutt, were catching up at Manumbar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Shaun Bliesner, from Kingaroy, with his 1948 Ferguson TEA20 tractor, formerly owned by Dick Perkins, from Johnstown, which was used in the early 1960s to snig logs for the construction of the Manumbar campdraft yards … the tractor was part of a display by the Kingaroy & District Vintage Machinery Club<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Ex-Elgin Vale and ex-Manumbar friends were catching up in the hall … Jackie Isaacson, Kingaroy; Ivy Brown (nee Richards), Nanango; Helen Russell, Brisbane; and Ivy’s daughter Jewelann Kauppila, Ingham<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Julie Horton, ex-Nanango, with Manumbar Hall Committee secretary Sheryl Franz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Michael and Lisa Whitehead, from Great War Living History Maryborough, with “Winifred” and “Chauvel”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Nereda and Egon Gfrerer and Luke Payet from the Gympie Gold Mining and Historical Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pete Gibson and Jane Rutherford, from the Manumbar Hall Committee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Jimna Forest Action Group was getting its message across about the importance of preserving the Jimna Fire Tower … from left, Judy Cranston, Dave Wright, Hazel Christie-Small and Michael Schultz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Larry and Trish McArthur, from Goomeri, with Mandy McArthur, Manumbar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Les Cecil with Len and Margaret Franz, all from Gympie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Gallery Of Photos<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

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