Manilla (New South Wales)
Manilla is a city in the northeast of the Australian state of New South Wales. It is located 45 km north-west of Tamworth on the eponymous river. At the 2006 census, Manilla had 2,081 inhabitants.
History
The name Manilla comes from the Aboriginessprache Kamilaroi ( Gamilaraay ) and in German means meandering river.
Manilla was built in the 1850s at the mouth of the Manilla River in the Namoi River. This area was the Kamilaroi for generations camp. In the 1850s coachman tightened regularly with their bullock carts from the Hunter Valley through this area to the north past sheep stations and the gold fields Bingara and Bundarra. Often the treks met flood the mouth of the Manilla River and delayed as a result. In 1853 the English entrepreneur George Veness on The Junction, as the area was called. He opened a general store and a wine shop in the camp of the coachman. Later it was the settlement Manilla, whose founders Veness applies. The early development of the settlement is on the prosperous agriculture - due in the area - wheat farming and cattle breeding.
In and around Manilla Folders (English: manila folder) were first produced in Australia. From 1933 to 1968 this office materials were called in Australia therefore also manilla folder. Then, however, was obtained in a test case that you had to leave out an 'l' in the name for copyright reasons.
Formerly, the city was the administrative center of Manilla Shire Local Government Area. In 2004, this LGA was merged with the Tamworth City Council and parts of Parry Shire, of Barraba Shire of Nundle and Tamworth Regional Council for Shire.
Transport and Tourism
Through Manilla, the tourist route runs Fossickers Way ( State Road 95), which connects the city with Tamworth in the south and Barraba, Bingara and Warialda in the north.
Near the town is the Bingara - Bundarra Important Bird Area, in particular the endangered Regent Honeyeater ( Antochaera phrygia ) is protected.
The Lake Keepit on the Namoi River and Split Rock Reservoir on the Manilla River are popular with boaters and fishermen.
Paragliding
In recent years, Manilla has made a name as a center for hang gliders, paragliders, ultralight aircraft and Gyrocopter in the world. Nearby is the Mount Borah, one of the best starting places for hang gliders and paragliders in the world.
1998 broke the glider flight instructor and discoverer of the launch site Mount Borah, Godfrey Wenness, with a flight over 335 km the distance world record for paragliders. In the summer months more competitions at Mount Borah take place every year. 2007 10 FAI Paragliding World Championships were held there, attended by 150 pilots from 41 countries. In the week before this event Manilla was around the world in the headlines because the German paraglider Ewa Wisnierska was sucked up in a thunderstorm down to 9,946 meters and it survived. About this dramatic story of a television documentary entitled Miracle in the Storm has been rotated (Eng. miracle in the storm ), which won an AFI Award and was nominated for a Logie Award.
Public institutions
Manilla has a new central library. It is housed in the office complex of the LGA office in the main street. In addition to the Centrelink office there is the Book Club of Manilla and a weekly story time for children.
Well-known residents
- Henry Burrell (1873-1945), naturalist, explored the early 20th century, the behavior of the platypus in the Namoi River and Manilla River
- Fiona Coote (1970 - ), heart patient in 1984 was the second and youngest patient in Australia, in which a heart transplant systems was carried out.
- Dally Messenger (1883-1959), rugby players, led from 1917 '' The Royal Hotel '' and resulted in the city a rugby game.
- John Quayle, rugby players and former chairman of the Australian Rugby League, began his career in Manilla.
- Harry M. Miller (1934 - ), entrepreneur and journalist, bought the property in Dunmore Manilla and began first in Australia with the breeding of German Simmental, which he introduced from New Zealand.