Manoora is a

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

Geography

Maroora is west of the

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. It straddles the

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(state route 91).

History

Manoora is situated in the Yidinji traditional

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country.

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 Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS ''Manoora'': *, a passenger liner launched in 1934, requisitioned by the RAN in 1939 for use as an armed merchant cruiser and later a landing ship, and returned to her owners in 1949 *, ...

, 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

. 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. 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 Manunda 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 Trinity Bay State High is a co-educational high school in Manunda, Queensland, Australia. In 2015, it had an enrolment of about 1650 students across year levels 7 to 12. The school draws from the surrounding “three M” suburbs of Cairns ( Man ...

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 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

References

External links

{{Cairns Region Suburbs of Cairns