Manoora is a suburb of Cairns in the

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, Australia. In the , Manoora had a population of 6,027 people.

Geography

Maroora is west of the Cairns city centre in Far North Queensland. It straddles the Cairns Western Arterial Road (state route 91).

History

Manoora is situated in the Yidinji traditional Aboriginal country. Profile picture of the Manoora, 1935

The suburb was established in 1975 from part of Parramatta Park and all of the area known as West Cairns. It 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

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and regularly visited Cairns, and entered service with the

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in the

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. Pau Enterprises Indigenous Corporation was established in 2015 to manage and maintain the Pau family native title lands and interests on

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. 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 , Manoora had a population of 5,688. In 2012, the Non-State Schools Accreditation Board approved the application for Holy Spirit College to establish as a special assistance school. Assisted by funding of $9 million from the Queensland Government, construction commenced on the two sites in Manoora and Cooktown in July 2014. The Manoora campus opened at the start of the 2015 school year in the partly-built campus, full completion not being expected until July 2015. In the , Manoora had a population of 6,027 people.

Education

Holy Spirit College is a private secondary (7-12) campus of the Holy Spirit College headquartered at

Cooktown Cooktown is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. Cooktown is at the mouth of the Endeavour River, on Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland where James Cook beached his ship, the Endeavour, for repai ...

. It is operated by Cairns Catholic Education Services. The Manoora campus is at 13 Moignard Street (). The school is specifically to provide support for disengaged and marginalised young people. It offers enrolment as a day student at the Manoora campus, but there are also boarding options at the Cooktown campus. There are no mainstream schools in Manoora. The nearest government primary schools are Cairns West State School in neighbouring

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to the south-east, Edge Hill State School in neighbouring Edge Hill to the north, and Whitfield State School in neighbouring Whitfield to the north-west. The nearest government secondary school is Trinity Bay State High School in neighbouring Manunda to the east.

Amenities

Piccones Village is a shopping centre on Pease Street (). It is operated by the Piccones family, a four-generation family of retailers in Cairns. Pease Street contains the commercial centre in Manoora including a shopping centre, tavern and fast food franchise.

Attractions

The Cairns Indigenous Art Centre is at 1 Jensen Street (). It is operated by Umi Arts, an Indigenous organisation established in 2005, to preserve and protect the culture of

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References

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