Mer Island, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
Mer Island
State:qld
Coordinates:-9.9172°N 144.0516°W
Pop:406
Postcode:4875
Area:4.1
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Dist1:212
Dir1:ENE
Location1:Thursday Island (direct)
Dist2:797
Dir2:NNW
Location2:Cairns (direct)
Dist3:2160
Dir3:NNW
Location3:Brisbane (direct)
Lga:Torres Strait Island Region
Stategov:Cook
Fedgov:Leichhardt
Near-N:Coral Sea
Near-Ne:Coral Sea
Near-E:Coral Sea
Near-Se:Coral Sea
Near-S:Waua Islet
Near-Sw:Dowar Islet
Near-W:Coral Sea
Near-Nw:Coral Sea

Mer Island is an island locality in the Torres Strait Island Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] The locality consists of a single island, Murray Island. In the, Mer Island had a population of 406 people.

Geography

The town of Murray Island is on the island's northwest coast (-9.9151°N 144.0516°W).[2]

History

A school opened on Murray Island on 17 April 1892. From 1896 to 1903, it was under the control of the Department for Public Instruction and was known as Murray Island Provisional School. Frmom 1904, it became the responsibility of various other government departments. It returned to the control of the Department of Education on 29 January 1985 as Murray Island State School. It was renamed in October 1990 as Mer State School, becoming the Mer Campus of he Tagai State College on 1 January 2007.

Demographics

In the, Mer Island had a population of 450 people.

In the, Mer Island had a population of 406 people.

Education

Mer Campus is a primary (Early Childhood-6) campus of Tagai State College on an unnamed road at -9.9173°N 144.0455°W.[3] [4]

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. 11 June 2019.
  2. 17 January 2020.
  3. Web site: State and non-state school details. Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. 21 November 2018. 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. live.
  4. Web site: Tagai State College - Mer Campus. https://web.archive.org/web/20190314194237/https://tagaisc.eq.edu.au/Facilities/Campuses/Pages/Mer.aspx. 14 March 2019. 21 November 2018. live.