Gununa, Queensland

Gununa, sometimes spelt Gunana, is a rural town on Mornington Island within the locality of Wellesley Islands in the Shire of Mornington, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Gununa had a population of 1,136 people.[1]

Gununa
Queensland
Gununa is located in Queensland
Gununa
Gununa
Coordinates16.6657°S 139.1800°E / -16.6657; 139.1800 (Gununa (town centre))
Population1,136 (2016 census town)[1]
Postcode(s)4892
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Shire of Mornington
State electorate(s)Traeger
Federal division(s)Division of Kennedy

Geography

Gununa is located on the southwestern end of Mornington Island, on the Gulf of Carpentaria. The town faces the Appel Channel, (16.682°S 139.192°E / -16.682; 139.192 (Appel Channel)) on the other side of which is Denham Island (16.7144°S 139.1597°E / -16.7144; 139.1597 (Denham Island)).[3][4][5]

History

The town was founded in 1914[6] as Mornington Island Community, and renamed by the Queensland Place Names Board on 16 January 1982.[2] Gunana or Gununa is a Lardil word.[6]

Mornington Island State School opened on 28 January 1975.[7]

Gununa Post Office was open by 1982.[8]

In the 2016 census, Gununa had a population of 1,136 people,[1] which is almost all of the 1,143 people who live within the shire as a whole.[9]

Education

Mornington Island State School is a government-run primary and secondary school for boys and girls from early childhood through Year 10. It is located at Lardil Street (16.6663°S 139.1825°E / -16.6663; 139.1825 (Mornington Island State School)).[10][11] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 263 students, with 25 teachers and 14 part-time and full-time non-teaching staff (the equivalently of 11 full-time employees).[12] It includes a special education program.[10]

There are no schools offering education to Year 12 on the island; nor are there any nearby.[13] Distance education or boarding school are the only options for education past Year 10.

Amenities

Gununa Post Office is in Mukukiya Street (16.6635°S 139.1771°E / -16.6635; 139.1771 (Gununa Post Office)).[14]

Mornington Island Uniting Church is at 21 Dajibuka Street (16.6635°S 139.1766°E / -16.6635; 139.1766 (Mornington Island Uniting Church)).[15] It is part of the Calvary Presbytery of the Uniting Church in Australia.[16]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Gununa (UCL)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Gununa – town in Shire of Mornington (entry 15097)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  3. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  4. "Appel Channel – channel in the Shire of Mornington (entry 680)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  5. "Denham Island – island in the Shire of Mornington (entry 9734)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  6. "Useful Information". Mornington Shire Council. 30 April 2021. Archived from the original on 27 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  7. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  8. Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List". Phoenix Auctions. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  9. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mornington (S)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  10. "State and non-state school details". Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  11. "Mornington Island State School". Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  12. "ACARA School Profile 2018". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. Archived from the original on 27 August 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  13. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  14. "Community facilities - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 22 October 2020. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  15. "Find a Church". Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  16. "Queensland congregations and faith communities" (PDF). Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod. March 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
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