Gununa, Queensland

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Gununa
Queensland
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Gununa
Coordinates 16°39′57″S139°10′48″E / 16.6657°S 139.1800°E / -16.6657; 139.1800 (Gununa (town centre)) Coordinates: 16°39′57″S139°10′48″E / 16.6657°S 139.1800°E / -16.6657; 139.1800 (Gununa (town centre))
Population1,136 (2016 census town) [1]
Postcode(s) 4892
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s) Shire of Mornington
State electorate(s) Traeger
Federal division(s) Division of Kennedy

Gununa 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]

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Geography

Gununa is located on the southwestern end of Mornington Island, on the Gulf of Carpentaria. The town faces the Appel Channel, ( 16°40′55″S139°11′31″E / 16.682°S 139.192°E / -16.682; 139.192 (Appel Channel) ) on the other side of which is Denham Island ( 16°42′52″S139°09′35″E / 16.7144°S 139.1597°E / -16.7144; 139.1597 (Denham Island) ). [3] [4] [5]

History

The town was renamed by the Queensland Place Names Board on 16 January 1982. It was formerly known as Mornington Island Community. [2]

Mornington Island State School opened on 28 January 1975. [6]

Gununa Post Office was open by 1982. [7]

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. [8]

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°39′59″S139°10′57″E / 16.6663°S 139.1825°E / -16.6663; 139.1825 (Mornington Island State School) ). [9] [10] 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). [11] It includes a special education program. [9]

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

Amenities

Gununa Post Office is in Mukukiya Street ( 16°39′49″S139°10′38″E / 16.6635°S 139.1771°E / -16.6635; 139.1771 (Gununa Post Office) ). [13]

Mornington Island Uniting Church is at 21 Dajibuka Street ( 16°39′49″S139°10′36″E / 16.6635°S 139.1766°E / -16.6635; 139.1766 (Mornington Island Uniting Church) ). [14] It is part of the Calvary Presbytery of the Uniting Church in Australia. [15]

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  2. 1 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. ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0
  7. ↑ Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List". Phoenix Auctions. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  8. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mornington (S)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 5 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  9. 1 2 "State and non-state school details". Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  10. ↑ "Mornington Island State School" . Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  11. ↑ "ACARA School Profile 2018". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority . Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  12. ↑ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  13. ↑ "Community facilities - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 22 October 2020. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  14. ↑ "Find a Church". Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  15. ↑ "Queensland congregations and faith communities" (PDF). Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod . March 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
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