35-524: Download coordinates as: Woree is a suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region , Queensland , Australia. In the 2021 census , Woree had a population of 5,127 people. The Bruce Highway goes between Bald Hills in Brisbane to Woree and is 1,656 kilometres (1,029 mi) long. The highway goes through Woree both southbound, and northbound from ( Mount Sheridan / White Rock ) and continues north through
70-605: A SchoolTech campus at the TAFE campus for Years 11 and 12 students ( 16°55′18″S 145°45′15″E / 16.9217°S 145.7543°E / -16.9217; 145.7543 ( Woree SHS - SchoolTech Campus ) ). It facilitates combining vocational education with senior secondary schooling. Cairns Regional Council operates a library service in Manunda, located in the Raintrees shopping Centre. St Francis Xavier Catholic Church
105-562: A population of 5,191 people. 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. Manunda is situated in the Yidinji traditional Aboriginal country. On 11 January 1939 at
140-710: A process to formally define their boundaries and to gazette them, which is almost complete. In March 2006, only South Australia and the Northern Territory had not completed this process. The CGNA's Gazetteer of Australia recognises two types of locality: bounded and unbounded. Bounded localities include towns, villages, populated places, local government towns and unpopulated town sites, while unbounded localities include place names, road corners and bends, corners, meteorological stations, ocean place names and surfing spots. Sometimes, both localities and suburbs are referred to collectively as "address localities". In
175-477: A school committed to improving the educational outcomes of Indigenous students in the Cape York Peninsula area. Manunda Library opened in 1991 and underwent a major refurbishment in 2007. On 4 February 1991, Trinity Bay Centre for Continuing Secondary Education was established, conducting night classes at Trinity Bay State High School. Cairns Revival Fellowship Church was built from brick in 1994. It
210-406: Is a Catholic secondary (7-12) school for boys and girls at 53 Anderson Road ( 16°58′05″S 145°44′28″E / 16.9680°S 145.7410°E / -16.9680; 145.7410 ( St Mary's Catholic College ) ). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 874 students with 70 teachers (67 full-time equivalent) and 53 non-teaching staff (40 full-time equivalent). Woree Community Hall
245-665: Is from the Yidinji Aboriginal traditional group of the predominantly inner-north, inner-north west and south Cairns region areas from the Yidiny language , referring to the young persons near or at the waterways. The Cairns Jockey Club commenced in Cairns in July 1884 with 50 members. Its first race meeting was proclaimed a holiday. Their current race track is Cannon Park in Woree, which was donated by
280-644: Is on the corner of Atkinson and Mayer Streets. It is within the Cairns West Parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns . Cairns Revival Fellowship Church is at 58 Arthur Street ( 16°54′19″S 145°45′07″E / 16.905391°S 145.752°E / -16.905391; 145.752 ( Cairns Revival Fellowship ) ). The Lakes Church is part of the Churches of Christ in Australia and
315-629: Is on the south-west corner of Toogood Road and Jasper Street ( 16°57′27″S 145°44′14″E / 16.95744°S 145.73724°E / -16.95744; 145.73724 ( Woree Community Hall ) ). It seats up to 80 people and is operated by the FNQ TPI Social Centre. Southside Shopping Village is on Charlotte Close ( 16°57′45″S 145°44′42″E / 16.9624°S 145.7449°E / -16.9624; 145.7449 ( shopping centre ) ). Cairns Golf Club has an 18-hole golf course and club hose on Links Drive in
350-489: Is one of the Positive Learning Centres aimed at individually-tailored approaches to re-engage with children disengaged from schooling. Trinity Bay State High School is a government secondary (7-12) school for boys and girls at 26-62 Hoare Street ( 16°55′25″S 145°45′09″E / 16.9237°S 145.7524°E / -16.9237; 145.7524 ( Trinity Bay State High School ) ). In 2018,
385-453: Is split between the City of Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie LGAs; and Woodville , which is split between the City of Maitland and Port Stephens Council LGAs. In unincorporated areas , localities are declared by the relevant state authority. Manunda, Queensland Manunda is a suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region , Queensland , Australia. In the 2021 census , Manunda had
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#1733085225518420-400: Is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs. This Australian usage of the term "suburb" differs from common American and British usage, where it typically means a smaller, frequently separate residential community outside, but close to, a larger city. The Australian usage is closer to
455-710: The North Coast railway line , but it was dismantled following the realignment of the railway line. Woree State School was opened on 5 May 1925 and closed circa 1953. In October 1954, it was decided to relocate its buildings which were relocated to Holloways Beach to establish a school there (which opened in 1955). The present Woree State School opened in January 1980. Saint Mary's College opened on 1 January 1986. Woree State High School opened on 29 January 1985. St Gerard Majella Catholic Primary School opened on 27 January 1988. Cairns State Special School opened in 2017. There
490-808: The American or British use of "district" or "neighbourhood", and can be used to refer to any portion of a city. Unlike the use in British or American English, this term can include inner-city, outer-metropolitan and industrial areas. Localities existed in the past as informal units, but in 1996 the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping and the Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia (CGNA) decided to name and establish official boundaries for all localities and suburbs. There has subsequently been
525-569: The Cairns Jockey Club. It is a 1,800-metre (1.1 mi) track. Cairns Coconut Caravan Park is at 23 Anderson Street ( 16°58′07″S 145°44′31″E / 16.9686°S 145.7420°E / -16.9686; 145.7420 ( COCONUT CARAVAN RESORT ) ). Suburbs and localities (Australia) Suburbs and localities are the names of geographic subdivisions in Australia , used mainly for address purposes. The term locality
560-572: The Cannon family and the first race was held there in 1911. A grandstand was officially opened on 15 July 1972 by Gordon Chalk , then Minister for Racing. Woree railway station was named by Queensland Rail in 1914 and the suburb takes its name from the railway station. Prior to this, the area was known as Four Mile and Pryns Station. Woree railway station was ( 16°57′08″S 145°44′46″E / 16.9521°S 145.7461°E / -16.9521; 145.7461 ( Woree railway station ) ) on
595-757: The Correspondence School based in Brisbane . It was located at the Cairns Base of the Royal Flying Doctor Service at Edge Hill . By 1986, it had 280 students being taught by nine teachers. The opening of Schools of the Air in Charters Towers and Longreach reduced the number of remote students being supported from Cairns, but the school's role was expanded to support itinerant students (e.g. children of seasonal workers, carnival workers, etc.). In 1990, it
630-743: The Lands Office in Cairns the Queensland Government auctioned 11 town lots of between 30 and 39 perches (760 and 990 m ) between Little Street and the cemetery. The Cairns Seventh Day Adventist School opened on 6 February 1950 in the Cairns CBD . It later moved to premises at the Cairns Seventh Day Adventist Church at 302 Gatton Street, Manunda. On 27 October 2014, the school moved to purpose-built premises in Gordonvale and
665-530: The east of the locality ( 16°57′49″S 145°44′52″E / 16.9637°S 145.7477°E / -16.9637; 145.7477 ( CAIRNS GOLF COURSE ) ). The Woree Sports and Aquatic Centre is on Pool Close ( 16°57′47″S 145°44′39″E / 16.9630°S 145.7442°E / -16.9630; 145.7442 ( WOREE OLYMPIC POOL ) ). It has learn-to-swim classes and club with competitions for younger and masters swimmers. A cartoon series of wholesome Woree life, "Demand" (2022),
700-438: The first instance, decisions about the names and boundaries of suburbs and localities are made by the local council in which they are located based on criteria such as community recognition. Local council decisions are, however, subject to approval by the state's geographical names board. The boundaries of some suburbs and localities overlap two or more local government areas (LGAs). Examples of this are Adamstown Heights , which
735-523: The school had an enrolment of 1702 students with 143 teachers (135 full-time equivalent) and 76 non-teaching staff (61 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program and an intensive English language program. TAFE Queensland has its Cairns campus at Eureka Street ( 16°55′16″S 145°45′15″E / 16.9212°S 145.7543°E / -16.9212; 145.7543 ( Cairns TAFE campus ) ). Woree State High School (in Woree ) has
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#1733085225518770-466: The school had an enrolment of 2,166 students with 123 teachers (114 full-time equivalent) and 45 non-teaching staff (34 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program. Cairns Flexible Learning Centre is a specific-purpose primary and secondary (5-10) school at 90 Clarke Street ( 16°55′17″S 145°45′00″E / 16.9213°S 145.7500°E / -16.9213; 145.7500 ( Cairns Flexible Learning Centre ) ). It
805-489: The school had an enrolment of 389 students with 28 teachers (21 full-time equivalent) and 20 non-teaching staff (14 full-time equivalent). Cairns State Special School is a primary and secondary (Prep-12) school for boys and girls at Windarra Street ( 16°57′47″S 145°44′25″E / 16.9631°S 145.7402°E / -16.9631; 145.7402 ( Cairns State Special School ) ). It provides individualised education to students with special needs. In 2018,
840-922: The school had an enrolment of 530 students with 35 teachers and 20 non-teaching staff (13 full-time equivalent). Cairns School of Distance Education is a government primary and secondary (Early Childhood-12) school for boys and girls at 62 Hoare Street ( 16°55′25″S 145°45′03″E / 16.9235°S 145.7507°E / -16.9235; 145.7507 ( Cairns School of Distance Education ) ). It provides distance education to students without access to local schools in remote areas in Far North Queensland (an area of more than 300,000 square kilometres (120,000 sq mi)). It also supports students who are overseas, travelling, or unable to attend local schools for medical reasons. It also supports students who are attending local schools to study subjects that are not taught at their local school. In 2018,
875-402: The school had an enrolment of 63 students with 23 teachers (20 full-time equivalent) and 27 non-teaching staff (19 full-time equivalent). Woree State High School is a government secondary (7-12) school for boys and girls at Rigg Street ( 16°57′37″S 145°44′30″E / 16.9602°S 145.7418°E / -16.9602; 145.7418 ( Woree State High School ) ). In 2018,
910-504: The school had an enrolment of 677 students with 58 teachers (54 full-time equivalent) and 42 non-teaching staff (28 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program and an intensive English language program. St Francis Xavier's School is a Catholic primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 5 Atkinson Street ( 16°55′26″S 145°44′27″E / 16.9238°S 145.7409°E / -16.9238; 145.7409 ( St Francis Xavier's School ) ). In 2018,
945-467: The school had an enrolment of 687 students with 56 teachers (51 full-time equivalent) and 37 non-teaching staff (27 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program. St Gerard Majella Primary School is a Catholic primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 63 Anderson Road ( 16°58′03″S 145°44′25″E / 16.9675°S 145.7403°E / -16.9675; 145.7403 ( St Gerard Majella Primary School ) ). In 2018,
980-617: The school had an enrolment of 923 students with 88 teachers (82 full-time equivalent) and 54 non-teaching staff (44 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program. T It has a SchoolTech campus at the Cairns TAFE campus in neighbouring Manunda for Years 11 and 12 students ( 16°55′18″S 145°45′15″E / 16.9217°S 145.7543°E / -16.9217; 145.7543 ( Woree SHS - SchoolTech Campus ) ), allowing students to combine vocational education with senior secondary schooling. St Mary's Catholic College
1015-398: The suburb, splitting at 16°57′23″S 145°44′51″E / 16.9564°S 145.7474°E / -16.9564; 145.7474 ( Bruce Highway split ) into Mulgrave Road and Ray Jones Drive. Mulgrave Road/Bruce Highway (Alternative Route) continues north-west and exits to Earlville , while Ray Jones Drive/Bruce Highway continues north-east to Portsmith . The name Woree
1050-535: Was a popular drive-in movie theatre but it is no longer operational. In the 2006 census , Woree had a population of 4,372 people. In the 2016 census , Woree had a population of 4,821 people. In the 2021 census , Woree had a population of 5,127 people. Woree State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Cnr Rigg & Windarra Streets ( 16°57′35″S 145°44′29″E / 16.9597°S 145.7413°E / -16.9597; 145.7413 ( Woree State School ) ). In 2018,
1085-529: Was built from brick. The Lakes Church of Christ was built in 1995. Cairns Flexible Learning Centre opened in 2006. In the 2016 census , Manunda had a population of 5,390 people. In the 2021 census , Manunda had a population of 5,191 people. Cairns West State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Mayers Street ( 16°55′25″S 145°44′32″E / 16.9236°S 145.7422°E / -16.9236; 145.7422 ( Cairns West State School ) ). In 2018,
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1120-784: Was established on 23 January 1967 by the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart . Although now operated by lay leaders, it maintains the Josephite traditions, including the celebration of feast days for St Joseph , St Francis Xavier , and St Mary MacKillop (the founder of the Sister of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart). Cairns School of the Air opened in 1972 with 11 students. It provided lessons via HF radio to primary school students in remote locationsto supplement their studies by correspondence with
1155-403: Was produced by the film studio of Natural Garden Centre ( 16°57′32″S 145°44′38″E / 16.9588°S 145.7438°E / -16.9588; 145.7438 ( Natural Garden Centre ) ) Cannon Park is a horse racing track ( 16°56′55″S 145°44′46″E / 16.9486°S 145.7461°E / -16.9486; 145.7461 ( CANNON PARK ) ). It is home to
1190-749: Was renamed Cairns Adventist College. 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". Trinity Bay State High School opened on 25 January 1960. Cairns West State School opened on 28 January 1964 with an initial enrolment of 211 students. However, its official opening by Education Minister Jack Pizzey did not take place until 6 February 1965. St Francis Xavier's Catholic School
1225-574: Was renamed Cairns School of Distance Education. In 1993, the school moved to a purpose-built facility in Hoare Street, Manunda, and by 1995 had expanded its services to support pre-school students (Prep year not having been introduced in Queensland by that time) and secondary students to Year 10, later expanding to Year 12. Emmanuel College opened in Manunda on 29 January 1986. In 2002, Emmanuel College closed and became Djarragun College in Gordonvale ,
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