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Mandurah, a rural city, is situated one hour south of Perth between the shores of the Indian Ocean and the Peel Harvey Estuary. The estuary, the ocean, the rural hinterland (the Peel region) and the Binjareb and European heritages are the cornerstones of Mandurah's way of life.
Before Mandurah was settled by British colonists, the Binjareb people of the Bibbulmum Nation lived in the area. The groups led a nomadic lifestyle in the surrounding region living off the waterways' rich supply of fish, turtles, crabs and birds and building moveable small shelters from sticks and paperbark. The area around Mandurah is where all the Binjareb families would meet for special occasions, particularly during the fishing season. The name Mandurah comes from the Noongar word, Manjar - which means 'meeting place'.
Since 1978 Mandurah's population has grown more than sixfold from a quiet coastal community to a city experiencing the 'seachange' phenomena with a population in 2008 of 65,000. This is expected to grow to 100,000 by 2021. The population is comprised of a large number of aging retirees, fly in/fly out miners, tradespeople associated with alumina mining and refining, small businesses and tourism operators, and also a growing community of newly settled refugees from Sudan and Somalia.
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Before Mandurah was settled by British colonists, the Binjareb people of the Bibbulmum Nation lived in the area. The groups led a nomadic lifestyle in the surrounding region living off the waterways' rich supply of fish, turtles, crabs and birds and building moveable small shelters from sticks and paperbark. The area around Mandurah is where all the Binjareb families would meet for special occasions, particularly during the fishing season. The name Mandurah comes from the Noongar word, Manjar - which means 'meeting place'.
Since 1978 Mandurah's population has grown more than sixfold from a quiet coastal community to a city experiencing the 'seachange' phenomena with a population in 2008 of 65,000. This is expected to grow to 100,000 by 2021. The population is comprised of a large number of aging retirees, fly in/fly out miners, tradespeople associated with alumina mining and refining, small businesses and tourism operators, and also a growing community of newly settled refugees from Sudan and Somalia.
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