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What We do

The Friends of Donnelly Village Inc came together as a group in 2012, and formally incorporated as a not for profit organisation with the West Australian Department of Commerce in February 2014.

We are recording and preserving the history of the heritage listed Donnelly River Village and environs as an important record of social and industrial history of the period when the area was an active forestry settlement, timber mill and mill town.  This also includes the Wheatley Forestry Settlement, Donnelly Mill and the later creation of  Donnelly River Village as a tourism business in 1982, all of which is illustrated through the development of interactive trails, museum displays and events.

You can find out more about the Friends of Donnelly Village here.

Friends of Donnelly Village Inc recently won Commendation at the 2020 Heritage Awards (Contribution by a Community Based Organisation).

We also won Highly Commended in the Permanent Exhibition or Galley category under $20,000 in the 2020 Museums and Galleries National Awards.

Front Page – Location

Where to find us

The Donnelly River Village is situated in the heart of Western Australia’s Tall Timber Country, nestled between the southwest towns of Nannup, Bridgetown and Manjimup.

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Front Page – What’s on

What’s on

Jack’s Shack – Official Opening

The restoration of Jack’s Shack is now complete. Free and open to the public, the shack is the centrepiece of a new heritage precinct in Donnelly River. See our News and Events page for all the details of the launch.

Men and Mill – Reprint

To coincide with the launch of Jack’s Shack, a reprinted version of John Tillman’s book Donnelly: Mill and Men has also been released and can be purchased here or through the Donnelly River General Store.

You can find more information on things that are happening at Donnelly River Village here.

Front Page – Acknowledgement of Country

Acknowledgement of Country

On Pipelman-Nyoongar Budjar*

Donnelly River rests on Budjar owned, for many thousands of years by Pipelman-Nyoongar people, who have never willingly ceded it. We acknowledge that our freedom to use this land is built on a painful history of dispossession, and an ongoing story of resilience and strength. We acknowledge their elders past present and emerging and hope to honour their ongoing connection to the Budjar we rest on, and all life within it.

*Budjar – Nyoongar word meaning ‘land’ but more fully ‘giver of life’.