Manoora

Manoora is a suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia.

Manoora is a suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Manoora had a population of 6,027 people.

Manoora is situated in the Yidinji traditional Aboriginal country.

The suburb was named after HMAS Manoora, which was in turn named after the town of Manoora in South Australia. The ship was built in Scotland in 1935 as a coastal steamer for the Adelaide Steamship Company and regularly visited Cairns, and entered service with the Royal Australian Navy in the World War II.Pau Enterprises Indigenous Corporation was established in 2015 to manage and maintain the Pau family native title lands and interests on Darnley Island. It also seeks to create social enterprises on Darnley Island and other locations where community members have migrated to, such as Cairns. Their Cairns initiatives are organised from their Manoora office.At the 2011 census, Manoora had a population of approximately 6,000.

The Cairns Indigenous Art Centre is at 1 Jensen Street (16.9140°S 145.7407°E? / -16.9140; 145.7407? (Cairns Indigenous Art Centre)). It is operated by Umi Arts, an Indigenous organisation established in 2005, to preserve and protect the culture of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.