• Source: Gununa, Queensland

Gununa, sometimes spelt Gunana, is a rural town on Mornington Island within the locality of Wellesley Islands in the Shire of Mornington, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, 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, (16.682°S 139.192°E / -16.682; 139.192 (Appel Channel)) on the other side of which is Denham Island (16.7144°S 139.1597°E / -16.7144; 139.1597 (Denham Island)).




History


The town was founded in 1914 as Mornington Island Community, and renamed by the Queensland Place Names Board on 16 January 1982. Gunana or Gununa is a Lardil word.
Mornington Island State School opened on 28 January 1975.
Gununa Post Office was open by 1982.




Demographics


In the 2016 census, 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 2021 census, 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°S 139.1825°E / -16.6663; 139.1825 (Mornington Island State School)). 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). 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°S 139.1771°E / -16.6635; 139.1771 (Gununa Post Office)).
Mornington Island Uniting Church is at 21 Dajibuka Street (16.6635°S 139.1766°E / -16.6635; 139.1766 (Mornington Island Uniting Church)). It is part of the Calvary Presbytery of the Uniting Church in Australia.




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Pulau Mornington
• Gununa, Queensland
• Mornington Island
• Wellesley Islands
• Local government areas of Queensland
• List of places in Queensland by population
• MGAC
• Shire of Mornington (Queensland)
• List of radio station callsigns in Queensland
• Mornington Island Airport
• Burketown Airport