Manunda

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

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

Manunda is situated in the Yidinji traditional Aboriginal country.

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.Manunda was named by Queensland Place Names Board on 1 September 1973 after TSMV Manunda of the Adelaide Steamship Company which regularly visited Cairns. In 1975 the neighbouring suburb of Manoora was named for Manunda's sister ship HMAS Manoora. The ship was named after an Aboriginal word meaning "place near water".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.Manunda Library opened in 1991 and underwent a major refurbishment in 2007.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 Emmanuel College closed and became Djarragun College, a school committed to improving the educational outcomes of Indigenous students in the Cape York area.