Gununa Queensland | |
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Coordinates | 16°39′57″S 139°10′48″E / 16.6657°S 139.1800°E |
Population | 1,022 ( 2021 census) [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, 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 2021 census, the town of Gununa had a population of 1,022 people. [1]
Gununa is located on the southwestern end of Mornington Island, on the Gulf of Carpentaria. The town faces the Appel Channel, ( 16°40′55″S 139°11′31″E / 16.682°S 139.192°E) on the other side of which is Denham Island ( 16°42′52″S 139°09′35″E / 16.7144°S 139.1597°E). [3] [4] [5]
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, the town of Gununa had a population of 1,136 people, [9] which is almost all of the 1,143 people who live within the shire as a whole. [10]
In the 2021 census, the town of Gununa had a population of 1,022 people, [1] which is almost all of the 1,025 people who live within the shire as a whole. [11]
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″S 139°10′57″E / 16.6663°S 139.1825°E). [12] [13] 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). [14] It includes a special education program. [12]
There are no schools offering education to Year 12 on the island; nor are there any nearby. [15] Distance education or boarding school are the only options for education past Year 10.
Gununa Post Office is in Mukukiya Street ( 16°39′49″S 139°10′38″E / 16.6635°S 139.1771°E). [16]
Mornington Island Uniting Church is at 21 Dajibuka Street ( 16°39′49″S 139°10′36″E / 16.6635°S 139.1766°E). [17] It is part of the Calvary Presbytery of the Uniting Church in Australia. [18]
Gununa Queensland | |
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Coordinates | 16°39′57″S 139°10′48″E / 16.6657°S 139.1800°E |
Population | 1,022 ( 2021 census) [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, 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 2021 census, the town of Gununa had a population of 1,022 people. [1]
Gununa is located on the southwestern end of Mornington Island, on the Gulf of Carpentaria. The town faces the Appel Channel, ( 16°40′55″S 139°11′31″E / 16.682°S 139.192°E) on the other side of which is Denham Island ( 16°42′52″S 139°09′35″E / 16.7144°S 139.1597°E). [3] [4] [5]
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, the town of Gununa had a population of 1,136 people, [9] which is almost all of the 1,143 people who live within the shire as a whole. [10]
In the 2021 census, the town of Gununa had a population of 1,022 people, [1] which is almost all of the 1,025 people who live within the shire as a whole. [11]
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″S 139°10′57″E / 16.6663°S 139.1825°E). [12] [13] 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). [14] It includes a special education program. [12]
There are no schools offering education to Year 12 on the island; nor are there any nearby. [15] Distance education or boarding school are the only options for education past Year 10.
Gununa Post Office is in Mukukiya Street ( 16°39′49″S 139°10′38″E / 16.6635°S 139.1771°E). [16]
Mornington Island Uniting Church is at 21 Dajibuka Street ( 16°39′49″S 139°10′36″E / 16.6635°S 139.1766°E). [17] It is part of the Calvary Presbytery of the Uniting Church in Australia. [18]