Manunda, Queensland

Manunda is a suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In 2016 census, the population of Manunda was 5,390.[1]

Manunda
Cairns, Queensland
Aerial view over Manunda.jpg
Manunda
Coordinates16.9191°S 145.7483°E / -16.9191; 145.7483
Population5,390 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density1,198/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4870
Area4.5 km2 (1.7 sq mi)
LGA(s)Cairns Region
State electorate(s)Cairns
Federal Division(s)Leichhardt
Suburbs around Manunda:
Manoora Edge Hill Cairns North
Manoora Manunda Parramatta Park
Mooroobool Mooroobool Westcourt

Geography
Part of the commercial strip, Anderson Street, 2018

Manunda is a flat suburb (0–10 metres above sea level). The southern part of Manunda is residential while the northern part contains a number of community amenities including sportsgrounds and the Cairns Cemetery (also known as Martyn Street Cemetery). In-between is a commercial/industrial estate flanking Anderson Street.[3]

History
TSMV Manunda entering the harbour at Cairns, 1953

On 11 January 1939 at the Lands Office in Cairns the Queensland Government auctioned 11 town lots of between 30 to 39 perches (760 to 990 m2) between Little Street and the cemetery.[4]

Manunda was named by Queensland Place Names Board on 1 September 1973 after TSMV Manunda of the Adelaide Steamship Company which regularly visited Cairns.[2] In 1975 the neighbouring suburb of Manoora was named for Manunda's sister ship HMAS Manoora.[5]

Manunda is home to many schools. The Cairns Seventh Day Adventist School opened on 6 February 1950. Trinity Bay State High School opened on 25 January 1960. Cairns West State School opened on 28 January 1964. St Francis Xavier's School opened on 23 January 1967.[6]

Manunda Library opened in 1991 and underwent a major refurbishment in 2007.[7]

Cairns School of Distance Education opened 20 July 1974. Emmanuel College opened in Manunda on 29 January 1986. On 4 February 1991 Trinity Bay Centre for Continuing Secondary Education was established, conducting night classes at Trinity Bay State High School.[6]

In 2002 Emmanuel College closed and became Djarragun College, a school committed to improving the educational outcomes of Indigenous students in the Cape York area.[8][9]

Amenities

Cairns Regional Council operates a library service in Manunda, located in the Raintrees shopping Centre.[10]

St Francis Xavier Catholic Church is on the corner of Atkinson and Mayer Streets. It is within the Cairns West Parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns.[11]

Notable people buried in Martyn Street Cemetery
Headstones, Martyn Street cemetery, 2018

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Manunda (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  2. "Manunda – suburb in Cairns Region (entry 48742)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  3. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  4. "Plan of allotments in section 204, town of Cairns, parish of Cairns county of Nares, Cairns land agent's district, Cairns City Council". State Library of Queensland (Real estate map). 1936. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  5. "Manoora – suburb in Cairns Region (entry 48741)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  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. "Public Libraries Statistical Bulletin 2016-17" (PDF). Public Libraries Connect. State Library of Queensland. November 2017. p. 12. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  8. "Historical details for ABN 58 063 049 669". Department of Industry. Australian Government. 1 November 2017. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  9. "Djarragun College". Cape York Partnership. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  10. "Manunda Library". Public Libraries Connect. Archived from the original on 3 February 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  11. "Cairns West Parish". Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns. Archived from the original on 19 November 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.

Media related to Manunda, Queensland at Wikimedia Commons

  • "Manunda". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.
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