Malanda Falls Swimming Pool
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Malanda Falls, 2016
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| Location | Malanda Falls Park, Malanda, Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 17°21′17″S 145°35′10″E / 17.3546°S 145.5862°ECoordinates: 17°21′17″S 145°35′10″E / 17.3546°S 145.5862°E |
| Design period | 1900 - 1914 (early 20th century) |
| Built | 1906 onwards |
| Official name: Malanda Falls Swimming Pool | |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 5 February 2010 |
| Reference no. | 602733 |
| Significant period | 1906 onwards |
 Location of Malanda Falls Swimming Pool in Queensland
Location of Malanda Falls Swimming Pool in Queensland
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Malanda Falls Swimming Pool is a heritage-listed swimming pool at Malanda Falls Park, Malanda, Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1906 onwards. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 5 February 2010.
Malanda Falls Swimming Pool is located on the North Johnstone River in the Malanda Falls Park, adjacent to the Malanda Falls Conservation Park on the Atherton Tableland. First developed as a local recreation area during the early 20th century, Malanda Falls became associated with organised tourism on the Atherton Tableland from the 1920s and has been important in the development of the Cairns hinterland as a major tourist region in Queensland.
Despite the focus of early settlers and investors on economic exploitation of the landscape on the Atherton Tableland, a number of tourist attractions emerged based on the very resources being exploited and were largely framed in Romantic terms. Early non-indigenous visitors to the Atherton Tableland were fascinated with waterfalls and their jungle backdrop, variously described and depicted as sublime, beautiful and picturesque. Timeless in their appeal, these natural features were and continue to be essential to the success of the region in attracting tourists.
Due to its proximity to the township of Malanda, the Falls have always been popular for local recreation and have been adapted over the last century to meet the needs of the local community and to enhance its beauty and bush surrounds as a tourist attraction.
The Malanda Falls was surveyed in 1906 when it was described as being "partly covered with water lilies, and jungle stretched to the edge of the pool, with lots of fallen trees [in the] water". With the exception of the installation of hydraulic rams in 1911 to supply water to the Malanda Hotel and to steam trains, it would appear that the Falls remained undisturbed until 1918 when the local community cleared the underwater logs from the pool. The Falls quickly became a popular venue for New Year's Day picnic day celebrations and by 1920 the Eacham Shire Council had erected a substantial wooden diving platform and signs warning against nude bathing.
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