Gununa, Queensland Explained

Type:town
Gununa
State:qld
Coordinates:-16.6657°N 139.18°W
Pop:1022
Postcode:4892
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Dist1:100
Dir1:NW
Location1:Normanton (direct)
Dist2:456
Dir2:N
Location2:Mount Isa
Dist3:700
Dir3:W
Location3:Cairns
Dist4:1867
Dir4:NW
Location4:Brisbane
Lga:Shire of Mornington
Stategov:Traeger
Fedgov:Division of Kennedy

Gununa, sometimes spelt Gunana, is a rural town on Mornington Island within the locality of Wellesley Islands in the Shire of Mornington, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, the town of Gununa had a population of 1,022 people.

Geography

Gununa is located on the southwestern end of Mornington Island, on the Gulf of Carpentaria. The town faces the Appel Channel, on the other side of which is Denham Island .[2] [3]

History

The town was founded in 1914[4] as Mornington Island Community, and renamed by the Queensland Place Names Board on 16 January 1982.[1] Gunana or Gununa is a Lardil word.[4]

Mornington Island State School opened on 28 January 1975.

Gununa Post Office was open by 1982.[5]

Demographics

In the, the town of Gununa had a population of 1,136 people, which is almost all of the 1,143 people who live within the shire as a whole.

In the, the town of Gununa had a population of 1,022 people, which is almost all of the 1,025 people who live within the shire as a whole.

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°N 139.1825°W).[6] [7] 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).[8] It includes a special education program.

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

Amenities

Gununa Post Office is in Mukukiya Street (-16.6635°N 139.1771°W).[9]

Mornington Island Uniting Church is at 21 Dajibuka Street .[10] It is part of the Calvary Presbytery of the Uniting Church in Australia.[11]

Notes and References

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  4. Web site: Useful Information . Mornington Shire Council . 30 April 2021 . 27 February 2022 . 27 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220227005708/https://www.mornington.qld.gov.au/visiting-community/useful-information/ . live .
  5. Web site: Phoenix Auctions History. Post Office List. 1 March 2021. Phoenix Auctions. 21 June 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220621035112/http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&filter=%2AGununa%2A. live.
  6. Web site: 9 July 2018. State and non-state school details. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997. 21 November 2018. 21 November 2018. Queensland Government.
  7. Web site: Mornington Island State School. 1 March 2021. 10 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210410073328/https://morningtonislandss.eq.edu.au/. live.
  8. Web site: ACARA School Profile 2018. 28 January 2020. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 27 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200827085246/https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx. live.
  9. Web site: 22 October 2020. Community facilities - Queensland. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201023081052/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/536da964-19d2-42fb-9dd8-b46f15c4fb6f. 23 October 2020. 23 October 2020. Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government.
  10. Web site: Find a Church. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201024234524/https://ucaqld.com.au/find-a-church/. 24 October 2020. 22 November 2020. Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod.
  11. Web site: March 2019. Queensland congregations and faith communities. live. 19 October 2021. Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod. 20 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211020074400/https://ucaqld.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Congregation-Fellowships-Index-Map.pdf.