Gununa, Queensland

Gununa, sometimes spelt Gunana, is a rural town on Mornington Island within the locality of Wellesley Islands in the Shire of Mornington, Queensland, Australia. In the, the town of Gununa had a population of 1,022 people.

Geography
Gununa is located on the southwestern end of Mornington Island, on the Gulf of Carpentaria. The town faces the Appel Channel, (-16.682°N, 139.192°W) on the other side of which is Denham Island (-16.7144°N, 139.1597°W).

History
The town was founded in 1914 as Mornington Island Community, and renamed by the Queensland Place Names Board on 16 January 1982. Gunana or Gununa is a Lardil word.

Mornington Island State School opened on 28 January 1975.

Gununa Post Office was open by 1982.

Demographics
In the, the town of Gununa had a population of 1,136 people, which is almost all of the 1,143 people who live within the shire as a whole.

In the, the town of Gununa had a population of 1,022 people, which is almost all of the 1,025 people who live within the shire as a whole.

Education
Mornington Island State School is a government-run primary and secondary school for boys and girls from early childhood through Year 10. It is located at Lardil Street (-16.6663°N, 139.1825°W). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 263 students, with 25 teachers and 14 part-time and full-time non-teaching staff (the equivalently of 11 full-time employees). It includes a special education program.

There are no schools offering education to Year 12 on the island; nor are there any nearby. Distance education or boarding school are the only options for education past Year 10.

Amenities
Gununa Post Office is in Mukukiya Street (-16.6635°N, 139.1771°W).

Mornington Island Uniting Church is at 21 Dajibuka Street (-16.6635°N, 139.1766°W). It is part of the Calvary Presbytery of the Uniting Church in Australia.