Coordinates: 16°39′57″S 139°10′48″E / 16.6657°S 139.1800°E / -16.6657; 139.1800 (Gununa (town centre))

Gununa, Queensland

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Gununa
Town
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CountryAustralia
StateQueensland
LGA
Location
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Population
 • Total1,022 (2021 census)[1]
Time zoneUTC+10:00 (AEST)
Postcode
4892

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]


Geography

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Gununa is located on the southwestern end of Mornington Island, on the Gulf of Carpentaria. The town faces the Appel Channel, (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.) on the other side of which is Denham Island (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.).[3][4][5]

History

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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]

Demographics

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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]

Education

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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 (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.).[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.

Amenities

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Gununa Post Office is in Mukukiya Street (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.).[16]

Mornington Island Uniting Church is at 21 Dajibuka Street (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.).[17] It is part of the Calvary Presbytery of the Uniting Church in Australia.[18]

References

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