Everything about Mannum South Australia totally explained
Mannum is a historic town on the west bank of the
Murray River in
South Australia, east of
Adelaide. The first settlement in the area was in
1840. The first ship (a side-wheel
paddle steamer) built on the Murray River was launched at Mannum by
William Randell in
1852. A shipbuilding industry continued in Mannum until into the
20th century. A number of other manufacturing industries were established in the town, and some continue, although not as large as they once were. The largest heavy manufacturing was
John Shearer (later
Horwood-Bagshaw) who made farm equipment.
Mannum's significance as a river port declined with the railways reaching
Morgan in
1878 and
Murray Bridge in
1886. The largest ship operating on the Murray is the
Murray Princess, a passenger stern-wheel paddle boat based at Mannum offering weekly cruises. The restored historic
paddle steamer PS Marion is also based at Mannum and cruises several times a year. Before restoration, it was a static display in a
drydock for many years.Mannum is also a base for
houseboats available for hire.
In
1954, the Mannum-Adelaide
pipeline was built to help provide the city with a reliable water supply. Mannum is in the
Mid Murray Council, the state electorate of Schubert and the federal
Division of Barker.
Mannum Sawmills
In Late 2005, The Mannum Sawmills closed its business to make way for a future shopping mall. The business was owned and operated by the Schache family with 3 generations of employees, Oswald Schache, Murray Schache, Victor Schache, David Schache and Wesley Schache. The Schache Family were well known in the town because of the business. They own the local Bakery, help in the making of the local bowling club and Wesley played Football for the local team "Mannum Roos".
Memorials and museums
William Randell is memorialised by the preservation of the boiler of his Paddle Wheeler
Mary Ann in the town's recreation park. His
dry dock today holds the
Marion, an 1897 built paddle wheeler, managed by the
National Trust of Australia as a museum. The
Marion left active service in 1950 and spent until 1963 as a
boarding house.
Timeline
Selected events in the history of Mannum.
- 1851, The first pastoral leases in the district are signed.
- 1853, Mannum becomes a port on the Murray and the Hundred of Mannum is declared.
- 1863, Mannum's first store, "Bogan store" is opened and run by Thomas Randell's wife.
- 1864, Port Mannum is surveyed under government direction.
- 1865, Mannum's post office opens although home mail delivery doesn't begin until 1949.
- 1869, A private port Mannum is surveyed.
- 1869, Bogan hotel is opened.
- 1870, Largest flood to date on the river.
- 1876, Walker's flour mill begins operations.
- 1877, District council of Mannum proclaimed. David Shearer begins a blacksmithing business.
- 1886, Murray bridge declared a port taking away much of mannum's river trade.
- 1902, Kerosene Street lighting installed, changed to acetylene in 1905 and electric in 1923
- 1906, First telephone installed, Automatic exchange installed in 1979.
- 1912, First paper, the Mannum Mercury, published, closing in 1917.
- 1921, The district hospital was built.
- 1925, Mannum technical school opened
- 1930, Mary Ann's boiler moved to the recreation ground.
- 1931, Highest flood since 1870.
- 1932, Main street renamed Randell street.
- 1954, Mannum-Adelaide pipeline completed.
- 1956, Highest recorded floods at Mannum during the 1956 Murray River flood.
- 1963, The Marion reaches mannum, her new home.She is recommissioned in 1994.
- 1997, District council of Mannum becomes part of the Mid-Murray district council.
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