Northcliffe, Western Australia
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| Coordinates: 34°37′59″S 116°07′26″E / 34.633°S 116.124°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1923 | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 27.4 km2 (10.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Elevation | 100 m (330 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 288 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 6262 | ||||||||||||
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Northcliffe is a town located in the lower South West region of Western Australia, about 28 kilometres (17 mi) south of the town of Pemberton. It is part of the Shire of Manjimup. At the 2006 census, Northcliffe had a population of 412. Currently, Northcliffe serves a population of around 770 people within the town and surrounding areas. Approximately 31% of the population have post-secondary qualifications.
It is largely surrounded by karri, marri and jarrah forest and is close to the Warren, D'Entrecasteaux and Shannon national parks. Primarily a dairy farming area since the region was populated under the Group Settlement scheme of the 1920s and 1930s, the district was also a centre for the tobacco and logging industries until both ceased, the former in 1960 and the latter under the Regional Forestry Agreement of 1999.