Mannus, New South Wales

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Mannus
New South Wales

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Mannus Telephone Exchange -the only building that can be photographed in Mannus
(it is illegal to photograph the Correctional Centre)
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Mannus
Coordinates 35°47′57″S147°56′14″E / 35.79917°S 147.93722°E / -35.79917; 147.93722 Coordinates: 35°47′57″S147°56′14″E / 35.79917°S 147.93722°E / -35.79917; 147.93722
Postcode(s) 2653
Elevation 444 m (1,457 ft)
Location
LGA(s) Snowy Valleys Council
County Selwyn
State electorate(s) Albury

Mannus is a small rural community in the south east part of the Riverina. It is about 9 kilometres (6 mi) west from Tumbarumba and 11 kilometres (7 mi) east from Munderoo.

Riverina Region in New South Wales, Australia

The Riverina is an agricultural region of South-Western New South Wales (NSW), Australia. The Riverina is distinguished from other Australian regions by the combination of flat plains, warm to hot climate and an ample supply of water for irrigation. This combination has allowed the Riverina to develop into one of the most productive and agriculturally diverse areas of Australia. Bordered on the south by the state of Victoria and on the east by the Great Dividing Range, the Riverina covers those areas of New South Wales in the Murray and Murrumbidgee drainage zones to their confluence in the west.

Munderoo, New South Wales Town in New South Wales, Australia

Munderoo is a rural community in the south east part of the Riverina. It is situated about 11 kilometres west from Mannus, and 16 kilometres north from Ournie. At the 2006 census, Munderoo had a population of 358 people.

Mannus is the home to the Mannus Correctional Centre situated on Linden Roth Drive (the road between Tumbarumba and Munderoo. The centre provides minimum-security incarceration for 164 full-time male prisoners. There is also a periodic detention centre for both males and females nearby and these detainees undertake community projects on weekends. [1]

Mannus Correctional Centre, an Australian minimum security prison for males, is located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south of Tumbarumba, New South Wales. The centre is operated by Corrective Services NSW an agency of the Department of Attorney General and Justice of the Government of New South Wales. The centre detains sentenced felons under New South Wales and/or Commonwealth legislation.

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Mannus Campsite - part of the Hume and Hovell Track

Other than the Correctional Centre the only public establishments in the area are the remote telephone exchange (called the Mannus Creek Exchange) and the Mannus Campsite including Mannus Lake — both of which are linked to the Hume & Hovell Walking Track, which is part of the National Trust. Note that these campsites are only suitable for small tents and there are very limited sites.

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A telephone exchange is a telecommunications system used in the public switched telephone network or in large enterprises. An exchange consists of electronic components and in older systems also human operators that interconnect (switch) telephone subscriber lines or virtual circuits of digital systems to establish telephone calls between subscribers.

The Hume and Hovell Walking Track stretches over 440km between Yass and Albury, in New South Wales, Australia. The track allows walkers to rediscover the route of explorers Hamilton Hume and William Hovell on their expedition to Port Phillip in 1824.

In October 2010 Mannus Lake was inundated with water run-off after days of rain. The dam wall had approximately 600 millimetres (24 in) of water over the top, which is approximately 3 metres (10 ft) above the spillway. About one third of the wall was washed away early on Saturday 16 October 2010, emptying the lake. It does not appear to have been repaired as of 2 January 2011.

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