Manunda Cairns, Queensland |
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Aerial view over Manunda.jpg
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Coordinates | 16°55′09″S 145°44′54″E / 16.9191°S 145.7483°ECoordinates: 16°55′09″S 145°44′54″E / 16.9191°S 145.7483°E | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4870 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 4.5 km2 (1.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Cairns Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Cairns | ||||||||||||||
Federal Division(s) | Leichhardt | ||||||||||||||
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Manunda is a suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia.
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 an industrial estate.
Manunda was named by Queensland Place Names Board on 1 September 1973 after TSMV Manunda of the Adelaide Steamship Company which regularly visited Cairns.
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. 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.
In 2002 Emmanual College closed and became Djarragun College, a school committed to improving the educational outcomes of Indigenous students in the Cape York area.