List of schools in North Queensland

This is a list of schools in the North Queensland region of Queensland, Australia, and includes schools in North West Queensland. The region is centred on the coastal cities of Townsville and Mackay, and the inland city of Mount Isa. Prior to 2015, the Queensland education system consisted of primary schools, which accommodated students from kindergarten to Year 7 (ages 5–13), and high schools, which accommodate students from Years 8 to 12 (ages 12–18). However, from 2015, Year 7 became the first year of high school.[1]

State schools

State primary schools
Name Suburb LGA Opened Website Coords Notes
Abergowrie State SchoolAbergowrieHinchinbrook1953Website 18.4746°S 145.8835°E / -18.4746; 145.8835 (Abergowrie State School) 5 Venables Road.[2][3]
Airville State SchoolAirvilleBurdekin1890Website
Aitkenvale State SchoolAitkenvaleTownsville1924Website
Alligator Creek State SchoolAlligator CreekMackay1896Website
Andergrove State SchoolAndergroveMackay1939Website
Annandale State SchoolAnnandaleTownsville1998Website
Ayr State SchoolAyrBurdekin1886Website Central school 1928-1936
Ayr East State SchoolAyrBurdekin1952Website
Barkly Highway State SchoolMount IsaMount Isa1959Website
Beaconsfield State SchoolBeaconsfieldMackay1999Website
Belgian Gardens State SchoolBelgian GardensTownsville1887Website
Bloomsbury State SchoolBloomsburyMackay1927Website
Bluewater State SchoolBluewaterTownsville1957Website Provisional until Feb 1960
Bohlevale State SchoolBohleTownsville20 November 1911Website [4]
Bowen State SchoolBowenWhitsunday1865Website
Brandon State SchoolBrandonBurdekin1888Website
Bucasia State SchoolBucasiaMackay1985Website
Burketown State SchoolBurketownBurke1888Website
Bwgcolman Community SchoolPalm IslandPalm Island1964Website P-10. Formerly Palm Island CS until 1994
Cameron Downs State Schoolvia HughendenFlinders1967Website
Camooweal State SchoolCamoowealMount Isa1893Website
Cannonvale State SchoolCannonvaleWhitsunday1892Website
Charters Towers Central State SchoolCharters TowersCharters Towers1875Website Split sex until 1965
Chelona State SchoolChelonaMackay1893Website
Clare State SchoolClareBurdekin1921Website
Collinsville State SchoolCollinsvilleWhitsunday1921Website
Coningsby State SchoolFarleighMackay1884Website
Cranbrook State SchoolCranbrookTownsville1981Website
Currajong State SchoolCurrajongTownsville1954Website
Dajarra State SchoolDajarraCloncurry1920Website
Doomadgee State SchoolDoomadgeeDoomadgee (A)1933Website K-10
Dundula State SchoolBakers CreekMackay1922Website
Eimeo Road State SchoolRural ViewMackay1934Website
Eton State SchoolEtonMackay1883Website
Eungella State SchoolEungellaMackay1928Website
Farleigh State SchoolFarleighMackay1909Website
Finch Hatton State SchoolFinch HattonMackay1909Website
Fitzgerald State SchoolNorth MackayMackay1979Website
Forrest Beach State SchoolForrest BeachHinchinbrook1980Website
Garbutt State SchoolGarbuttTownsville1932Website
Gargett State SchoolGargettMackay1914Website
Giru State SchoolGiruBurdekin1924Website
Glenella State SchoolGlenellaMackay1912Website
Greenvale State SchoolGreenvaleCharters Towers1972Website Previous provisional school 1919-1926
Gumlu State SchoolGumluWhitsunday1913Website
Halifax State SchoolHalifaxHinchinbrook1883Website
Hamilton Island State SchoolHamilton IslandWhitsunday1986Website
Hampden State SchoolKuttabulMackay1887Website Provisional until Aug 1926
Happy Valley State SchoolHappy ValleyMount Isa1942Website
Hayman Island State SchoolHayman IslandWhitsunday1956Website
Healy State SchoolHealyMount Isa1972Website
Heatley State SchoolHeatleyTownsville1971Website
Hermit Park State SchoolHyde ParkTownsville1924Website
Home Hill State SchoolHome HillBurdekin1914Website
Homebush State SchoolHomebushMackay1889Website
Homestead State SchoolHomesteadCharters Towers1893Website
Ingham State SchoolInghamHinchinbrook1885Website
Jarvisfield State SchoolJarvisfieldBurdekin1915Website
Julia Creek State SchoolJulia CreekMcKinlay1911Website
Karumba State SchoolKarumbaCarpentaria1978Website
Kalamia State SchoolBrandonBurdekin1928Website
Kelso State SchoolKelsoTownsville1986Website
Kirwan State SchoolKirwanTownsville1977Website
Koumala State SchoolKoumalaMackay1922Website
Mackay Central State SchoolMackayMackay1871Website
Mackay North State SchoolNorth MackayMackay1915Website
Mackay West State SchoolWest MackayMackay1924Website
Macknade State SchoolMacknadeHinchinbrook1893Website
Magnetic Island State SchoolNelly BayTownsville (Offshore)1924Website Formerly Nelly Bay SS until 1973
Maidavale State SchoolAirvilleBurdekin1910Website
Marian State SchoolMarianMackay1886Website
Merinda State SchoolMerindaWhitsunday1898Website
Millaroo State SchoolMillarooBurdekin1954Website
Millchester State SchoolMillchesterCharters Towers1874Website
Mirani State SchoolMiraniMackay1892Website
Mornington Island State SchoolMornington IslandMornington1975Website K-10
Mount Fox State SchoolMount FoxHinchinbrook1938Website
Mount Isa Central State SchoolMount IsaMount Isa1924Website
Mundingburra State SchoolMundingburraTownsville1884Website
Mutarnee State SchoolMutarneeTownsville (Rural)1920Website
Northview State SchoolMount PleasantMackay1986Website
North Eton State School North Eton Mackay 1895 Website Also known as Eton North State School
North Shore State SchoolBurdellTownsville2018Website
Oakenden State SchoolOakendenMackay1910Website
Oonoonba State SchoolIdaliaTownsville1920Website
Osborne State SchoolOsborneBurdekin1914Website
Pentland State SchoolPentlandCharters Towers1885Website
Pindi Pindi State SchoolPindi PindiMackay1928Website
Pinnacle State SchoolPinnacleMackay1908Website
Prairie State SchoolPrairieFlinders1894Website
Proserpine State SchoolProserpineWhitsunday1897Website
Queens Beach State SchoolBowenWhitsunday1940Website
Railway Estate State SchoolRailway EstateTownsville1916Website
Rasmussen State SchoolRasmussenTownsville1978Website
Ravenswood State SchoolRavenswoodCharters Towers1873Website
Richmond State SchoolRichmondRichmond1889Website P-10
Richmond Hill State SchoolRichmond HillCharters Towers1895Website
Rollingstone State SchoolRollingstoneTownsville (Rural)1916Website
Sarina State SchoolSarinaMackay1897Website Formerly Plane Creek until 1912.
Scottville State SchoolScottvilleWhitsunday1924Website
Seaforth State SchoolSeaforthMackay1935Website
Slade Point State SchoolSlade PointMackay1939Website
Stamford State SchoolStamfordFlinders1984Website
Sunset State SchoolSunsetMount Isa1968Website
Swayneville State SchoolSarinaMackay1935Website
The Willows State SchoolKirwanTownsville1997Website
Toobanna State SchoolToobannaHinchinbrook1922Website
Townsville Central State SchoolNorth WardTownsville1869Website
Townsville South State SchoolSouth TownsvilleTownsville1884Website
Townsville West State SchoolWest EndTownsville1887Website
Townview State SchoolTownviewMount Isa1965Website
Trebonne State SchoolTrebonneHinchinbrook1906Website
Victoria Park State SchoolEast MackayMackay1926Website
Victoria Plantation State SchoolVictoria PlantationHinchinbrook1894Website
Vincent State SchoolVincentTownsville30 January 1968Website [4]
Walkerston State SchoolWalkerstonMackay1880Website
Weir State SchoolKirwanTownsville1881Website
Woodstock State SchoolWoodstockTownsville (Rural)1890Website
Wulguru State SchoolWulguruTownsville30 January 1962Website [4]

State high schools and colleges
Name Suburb Region Opened Website Notes
Ayr State High SchoolAyrBurdekin1937Website
Bowen State High SchoolBowenWhitsunday1961Website
Calen District State CollegeCalenMackay1925WebsiteP-12. PS until Dec 2003
Charters Towers State High SchoolCharters TowersCharters Towers1912Website
Cloncurry State SchoolCloncurryCloncurry1884WebsiteK-12
Collinsville State High SchoolCollinsvilleWhitsunday1986Website
Heatley Secondary CollegeHeatleyTownsville30 January 1968WebsiteFormerly Heatley State High School. Name changed on 16 December 1999.[4]
Home Hill State High SchoolHome HillBurdekin1964Website
Hughenden State SchoolHughendenFlinders1880WebsiteK-12
Innisfail State CollegeInnisfailCassowary Coast2010Website
Ingham State High SchoolInghamHinchinbrook1952Website
Kirwan State High SchoolKirwanTownsville1979Website
Mackay North State High SchoolNorth MackayMackay1964Website
Mackay Northern Beaches State High SchoolRural ViewMackay2013Website
Mackay State High SchoolMackayMackay1912Website
Mirani State High SchoolMiraniMackay1967Website
Northern Beaches State High SchoolDeeragunTownsville1997Website
Pimlico State High SchoolPimlicoTownsville1959Website
Pioneer State High SchoolAndergroveMackay1986Website
Proserpine State High SchoolProserpineWhitsunday1963Website
Sarina State High SchoolSarinaMackay1964Website
Spinifex State CollegeMount IsaMount Isa2003WebsiteReplaced Kalkadoon & Mount Isa SHSs
Thuringowa State High SchoolCondonTownsville1987Website
Townsville State High SchoolTownsvilleTownsville1924Website
William Ross State High SchoolAnnandaleTownsville1991Website

Other state schools

This includes special schools (schools for disabled children) and schools for specific purposes.

Name Suburb LGA Opened Website Notes
Burdekin SchoolAyrBurdekin1972Website
Charters Towers School of Distance EducationCharters TowersCharters Towers1987Website
Cleveland Education and Training CentreBelgian GardensTownsville1994WebsiteFor juvenile inmates.
Formerly Cleveland School until Feb 2006
Mackay District Special SchoolBeaconsfieldMackay1987WebsiteFormerly Kewarra until Aug 2002
Townsville Community Learning CentreMundingburraTownsville2002Website

Defunct state schools
Name Suburb LGA Opened Closed Coords Notes
Airdmillan State SchoolAirdmillanBurdekin19121986
Aitkenvale Special SchoolAitkenvaleTownsville19722001 Merged into Townsville Community Learning Centre
Ana Branch State SchoolJarvisfieldCharters Towers19191964 Described as "via Ayr" and "in the parish of Morrill" so referring to the anabranch of the Burdekin River. Ana Branch Road is in Jarvisfield.[5][6][7]
Balfe's Creek State SchoolBalfes Creek (Campaspe)Charters Towers19051967
Ballara State SchoolKuridalaCloncurry 19181926 Ballara (20°55′00″S 139°58′00″E) is the now abandoned ruins of a settlement that supported the Wee MacGregor Mine.[8][9]
Balnagowan State SchoolBalnagowanMackay19501973
Bambaroo State School Bambaroo Hinchinbrook 1924 2016
Beatrice Creek State School via Pinnacle Mackay 1936 c. 1971 [10][11]
Black Jack State SchoolBlack JackCharters Towers18871948 Provisional until July 1891
Bona Vista State SchoolProserpineWhitsunday19061964
Bora Creek State School19161920 Ravenswood area? Or possibly Captains Mountain near Milmerran?[12]
Braemeadows State SchoolBraemeadowsHinchinbrook19281969
Brightly State SchoolBrightlyMackay19251988
Brookville State Schoolvia Ravenswood19011926
Broughton State SchoolBroughton near Charters TowersCharters Towers19051930 Opened as a provisional school in 1905,[13][14] becoming a state school in 1909. Closed due to low attendances in 1930.[15] The buildings were sold for removal in 1934.[16]
Burdekin Bridge Tent State Schoolnear Ayr Burdekin19121913 In June 1912, approval was given for a tent school provided the Railway Department supplied the tent.[17] In November 1913, the teacher Miss Dean was reassigned to Gumlu State School.[18] The Railway Department were constructing a rail bridge over the Burdekin River near Ayr in 1912-1913; the tent school was presumably for the children of the railway workers living in a temporary camp by the bridge site.
Burdekin Falls State SchoolMount WyattWhitsunday19841988
Cameron's Pocket State SchoolCamerons Pocket (Mount Charlton)Mackay19301958
Cannon Vale State SchoolCannonvaleWhitsunday18921942
Cape River State SchoolPentland Charters Towers 19151938 [19]
Capeville State SchoolCapeville near Pentland Charters Towers circa 18951912 Opened circa 1895 as Deep Lead Provision School near the Capeville pastoral run on the Cape River near Pentland.[15] Deep Lead was a gold mining area along the Cape River.[20] Became Deep Lead State School in September 1909.[21] Renamed Capeville State School in 1909 and then closed in 1912.[22]
Charters Towers School of the AirCharters TowersCharters Towers19641973
Cootharinga Special SchoolCastle HillTownsville19641986
Cordelia State SchoolCordeliaHinchinbrook19181993 18.5964°S 146.2591°E / -18.5964; 146.2591 (Cordelia State School (former))Located at 15 Cordelia School Road.[23]
Crediton State SchoolCreditonMackay19431968 Crediton Provisional School opened on 18 October 1943. It became a State School in 1956 and closed in 1968.
Crediton West State SchoolCreditonMackay19511961
Crystal Creek State SchoolCrystal CreekWhitsunday19161967 Provisional until 1921; closed 1948, 1951–1956
Dalbeg State SchoolDalbegBurdekin19551999
Dalrymple Heights State SchoolDalrymple HeightsMackay19371959 21.0983°S 148.5216°E / -21.0983; 148.5216 (Dalrymple Heights State School (former)) 686 Dalrymple Road[24][25]
Devereaux Creek State SchoolDevereaux CreekMackay19031970
Dittmer State SchoolDittmerWhitsunday19381965
Dobbyn State SchoolThree RiversCloncurry19181954
Dows Creek State SchoolDows CreekMackay18952009
Duchess State SchoolDuchessCloncurry19111983
Dumbleton State SchoolDumbletonMackay19261949
Dutton River State SchoolDutton RiverFlinders19721977
Elaroo State SchoolElaroo (now Bloomsbury)Whitsunday19361969
Etowri State SchoolHabanaMackay19261953 Located at 108 Barcoo Road (21.04789°S 149.11483°E / -21.04789; 149.11483 (Etowri State School (former))).[26][27][28][25]
Evlinton State SchoolRavenswoodCharters Towers 18851921 originally known as Sandy Creek State School.
Ewan State SchoolEwan (now Paluma)Townsville

Charters Towers

 1907circa 1931 Very little information available about this school.
Foresthome State SchoolForesthomeHinchinbrook19351993
Foxdale State SchoolFoxdaleWhitsunday19041972
Gainsford Homestead School(now Basalt)Charters Towers19421942 Very little known about this school, which operated for a year in the Gainsford Homestead building at the old Dalrymple township site. It may have been a private school.
Gilbert River State SchoolGilbert RiverEtheridge18991961
Gilliat State SchoolGilliatMckinlay 19311942?
Greenvale Project No. 1 State SchoolGreenvaleCharters Towers19741974 Opened 18 FEB 1974 and closed on 29 MAR 1974
Greenvale Project No. 2 State SchoolGreenvaleCharters Towers19721974
Gregory Educational FacilityGregoryBurke?2012
Gregory Mine State Schoolvia Blackwater Central Highlands 19781979
Gunpowder State SchoolGunpowderMount Isa19701999 Closed 1982-1991
Guthalungra State SchoolGuthalungraWhitsunday19481988 Provisional until 28 February 1957.
Habana State SchoolHabanaMackay19171960 21.03168°S 149.06852°E / -21.03168; 149.06852 (Habana State School (former)) Located at 863 Yakapari Road.[29][30][31][25]
Hampstead Provisional SchoolWalhallow Maranoa 19201930 Originally known as Freeman's Waterhole Provisional School. Was renamed in 1923. Hampstead is a pastoral property east of Mitchell now in Walhallow.[32]
Helens Hill State School Helens Hill Hinchinbrook 1931 2016 18.7690°S 146.1352°E / -18.7690; 146.1352 (Helens Hill State School (former)) 48388 Bruce Highway[33][25]
Hermit Park Special SchoolHermit ParkTownsville19791980
Hermit Park State Infants' SchoolHermit ParkTownsville19551993 Merged into Hermit Park SS
Hightville State SchoolHightville (now Kuridala)Cloncurry 19151920
Horseshoe Bay State SchoolHorseshoe BayTownsville (Offshore)19491972
Horseshoe Lagoon State SchoolYingerbay

(now in Euthulla)

Maranoa 19171937 Horseshoe Lagoon State School was at Yingerbay near Roma (now Euthalla).[34][35]
Idalia Provisional SchoolIdalia Townsville 19311939
Ingham Special SchoolInghamHinchinbrook19711992
Inkerman State SchoolInkermanBurdekin19151974
Innisfail State High SchoolInnisfailCassowary Coast19512010
Inverdon Road State SchoolBowenWhitsunday19221955
Jaggan State SchoolJaggan Tablelands 19181965 [15]
Kajabbi State SchoolKajabbiCloncurry19191975
Kalkadoon State High SchoolKalkadoonMount Isa19772002 Merged into Spinifex State College
Kelsey Creek State SchoolKelsey CreekWhitsunday18951963 Provisional until 1909
King's Gully State SchoolBroughtonCharters Towers19111932 Kings Gully and Kings Gully Road are both in Broughton.[36][37]
Kirk River State Schoolin western RavenswoodCharters Towers 18901944 Kirk River and Kirk River Road are both in Ravenswood.[38][37]
Koolamarra State SchoolKoolamarra (now Cloncurry)Cloncurry19151971 [39]
Kungurri State SchoolKungurri (now Dows Creek)Mackay19321963 [40]
Kuridala State SchoolKuridalaCloncurry19011932 formerly Friezland SS until 1920
Kynuna State SchoolKynunaMcKinlay18991992
Lake Julius State SchoolLake JuliusMount Isa19731976
Lannercost State SchoolLannercostHinchinbrook19291962 approx 18.6410°S 146.0299°E / -18.6410; 146.0299 (Lannercost State School (former)) Located on Lannercost Extension Road near the junction with Venables Crossing Road[41]
Lethebrook State SchoolLethebrookWhitsunday19221964
Liontown State SchoolLiontown (now Campaspe) Charters Towers19061914 [42][15]
Long Pocket State SchoolLong PocketHinchinbrook19151994
Lower Gregory State Schoolin southern Gregory River Whitsunday 19221962 [37]
Lucinda Point State SchoolLucindaHinchinbrook18962008
McDesme State SchoolMcdesmeBurdekin19051965
Mackay Central State Infants SchoolMackayMackay19601968 Merged with Mackay Central SS
Mackay Special SchoolMackayMackay19811997 Merged with Kewarra Special
Mackay West State Infants SchoolWest MackayMackay19561994 Merged with Mackay West SS
Macrossan State SchoolMacrossan (now Dotswood)Charters Towers18841948 Originally called Macrossan Bridge Provisional School from 1884-1903 then changed name to Burdekin Provisional School. In 1917 it took on its final name.
Majors Creek State SchoolMajors CreekBurdekin19332009
Malbon State SchoolMalbonCloncurry19111969
Mary Kathleen State SchoolMary KathleenCloncurry19561983
Maxwelton State SchoolMaxweltonRichmond19231989
McKinlay State SchoolMcKinlayMcKinlay18971986
Melrose Provisional Schoolnear Bowenc.1877c.1896 This school was located on the property of the same name, owned and operated by Sidney Yeates. It was a rough bark and slab structure with bark for a roof.
Mia Mia State SchoolMia MiaMackay18991967
Miclere Provisional SchoolKilcumminIsaac19411954 Was closed between 6/6/43 and 24/8/47. Miclere is now in Kilcummin.[43][37]
Mingela State SchoolMingelaCharters Towers18822002 19.8812°S 146.6336°E / -19.8812; 146.6336 (Mingela State School (former)) Known as Ravenswood Junction until 1931.[44] Located at 33 Burdekin Street.[45][25]
Mount Charlton State SchoolMount CharltonMackay19312009
Mount Christian State SchoolMount Christian (now Koumala)Mackay19251968 [46][47]
Mount Cobalt State SchoolSelwynCloncurry 19241926 Mount Cobalt was a mine in Selwyn.[48]
Mount Coolon State SchoolMount CoolonWhitsunday19211967 Provisional until May 1963
Mount Dalrymple State SchoolDalrymple HeightsMackay19041963
Mount Isa State High SchoolMount IsaMount Isa19532002 Merged into Spinifex State College
Mount Jukes State SchoolMount JukesMackay19261967
Mount Leyshon State SchoolMount Leyshon (now Seventy Mile)Charters Towers1890c.1940? [49]
Mount Marlow State SchoolMount MarlowWhitsunday19001954
Mount Martin State SchoolMount MartinMackay19061961
Mount Ossa State SchoolMount OssaMackay19381970
Mount Pelion State SchoolMount PelionMackay19241970 Provisional until Aug 1926
Mount Proserpine State SchoolConwayWhitsunday19381963 [50]
Mount Surround State SchoolMount SurroundBurdekin19321968
Munbura State SchoolMunburaMackay19201971
Mundingburra Special SchoolMundingburraTownsville19812001 Formerly Mundingburra South until Jan 1987.
Merged into Townsville Community Learning Centre
Narpi State SchoolNarpi (now Kuttabul)Mackay19262005 [51]
Nelia State SchoolNeliaMcKinlay19261960
Netherdale State SchoolNetherdaleMackay19141963
Nindaroo State SchoolRichmondMackay18991963 21.08220°S 149.14186°E / -21.08220; 149.14186 (Nindaroo State School (former)) Located at 1 Boveys Road, corner of Mackay Habana Road, now in Richmond.[28][27][52]
Nonda State SchoolNondaRichmond19251975
Norwood State SchoolNorwood (now in Pentland) Charters Towers 19201952 [53]
O'Connell River State SchoolBloomsburyWhitsunday19371960 [54]
Oolbun State SchoolOolbun (now Nome)Townsville 1917c.1932 Very little information available about this school.
Oona State SchoolOona (now Three Rivers)Cloncurry c.1917c.1920 Very little information available about this school.
Owens Creek State SchoolOwens CreekMackay19131967 Provisional until 1918
Palm Grove State SchoolPalm GroveWhitsunday19161951
Paluma State SchoolPalumaTownsville/Charters Towers 19501968 Originally opened as Paluma Temporary School, it became a State School in 1952. Has been confused with Running River State School, but they are separate schools (see Running River State School below)
Pandanus Creek State Schoolnorth-western RavenswoodCharters Towers 19081926 Pandanus Creek is a tributary of the Kirk River in north-western Ravenswood.[55][56][37]
Peacock Siding State SchoolPeacock SidingHinchinbrook19291949
Picnic Bay State SchoolPicnic BayTownsville (Offshore)19171970 Formerly Magnetic Island SS until Sep 1925.
Pleystowe State SchoolPleystoweMackay18961961
Plane Creek West State SchoolWest Plane Creek (now Sarina)Mackay19001969 Plane Creek, Upper Provisional School opened 19 February 1900 and became Plane Creek, Upper State school in 1909. In 1928 the school name was changed to Plane Creek, West (later without comma before West) and the school closed in 1969.
Pumping Station State SchoolBreddanCharters Towers18981936
Quamby State SchoolQuambyCloncurry19241969
Queenton State SchoolQueentonCharters Towers18911931
Rangemore State SchoolRangemoreBurdekin19131962
Reid River State SchoolReid RiverTownsville (R)19481966
Riordan Vale State SchoolRiordanvaleWhitsunday19391963 Provisional until 1955
Ripple Creek State SchoolRipple Creek (now in Bemerside)Hinchinbrook18931995 [57]
Rise and Shine State SchoolRise and Shine (now Yalboroo)Mackay19361963
Rita Island State SchoolRita IslandBurdekin19201967
Rishton State SchoolRishton (now Dotswood)Charters Towers18841891 Rishton was the area on the eastern bank of the Burdekin River where it is cross by the Burdekin River Rail Bridge. It was renamed Oombabia in 1890.[58] It is now the south-western corner of Dotswood.[59]
Rochford State SchoolRochford (now Ravenswood)Charters Towers 18921921 [60]
Running River State SchoolRunning River (now Paluma)Townsville/Charters Towers19461994 Closed in 1949 and opened again in 1954. Closed in 1963 and opened in 1965. Closed in 1974 and opened in 1978. Finally closed in 1994. Running River is now in Paluma.[61]
Sandiford State SchoolSandifordMackay19081992
Sellheim State SchoolSellheimCharters Towers18891939
Septimus State SchoolSeptimusMackay19041999
Shirbourne State SchoolShirbourneBurdekin19311970
Stone State SchoolUpper StoneHinchinbrook19091993
Strathdickie State SchoolStrathdickieWhitsunday19061962
Stuart State SchoolStuartTownsville19012013
Sunnyside State SchoolSunnysideMackay19371960
Sybil Creek State SchoolOwens CreekMackay19211965 Sybil Creek runs north of Cattle Creek in Owens Creek.[62]
Te Kowai State SchoolTe KowaiMackay18831968
The Leap State SchoolThe LeapMackay18931969
The Monument State SchoolThe MonumentCloncurry19761994
Torrens Creek State SchoolTorrens CreekFlinders18911991
Torsdale Farm Provisional Schoolnear Mackay19191920 Was a half-time school in conjunction with Torsdale Station Provisional School. Should not be confused with Torsdale Farm Provisional School, later known as Torsdale Farm State School, near Biloela, which opened in 1935 and changed name in 1944 to Prospect Creek State School.
Torsdale Station Provisional Schoolnear Mackay19191920 Was a half-time school in conjunction with Torsdale Farm Provisional School.
Townsville Hospital Special SchoolNorth WardTownsville19741994 Townsville Hospital is located in North Ward.
Townsville West Special SchoolWest EndTownsville19581992
Ukalunda State SchoolMount WyattWhitsunday 19031924 [63]
Victoria Park State Infants SchoolMackayMackay19701994 Merged with Victoria Park State School
Wagoora State SchoolWagoora (now Pindi Pindi)Mackay19491963 Wagoora is now in Pindi Pindi.[64]
Walluma State School19001912 Originally known as Gregory State School. There is a Gregory parish and a Wallum Creek in Farnsfield.[65][66]
Whitewood State SchoolWhitewood (now Stamford)Flinders19611970 Whitewood is now in Stamford.[67]
Yalboroo State SchoolYalborooMackay19272000
Yuruga State SchoolYurugaHinchinbrook19191994

Private schools

Catholic primary schools

In Queensland, Catholic primary schools are usually (but not always) linked to a parish. Prior to the 1970s, most schools were founded by religious institutes, but with the decrease in membership of these institutes, together with major reforms inside the church, lay teachers and administrators began to take over the schools, a process which completed by approximately 1990.

Within the region, schools in the Mackay Region are administered by Catholic Education Office, Diocese of Rockhampton, which was established in 1966 and was the first Catholic Education Office (CEO) in Queensland. All others are administered by the Catholic Education Office, Diocese of Townsville. Both are supported by the Queensland Catholic Education Commission, which is responsible for coordinating administration, curriculum and policy across the Catholic school system. Preference for enrolment is given to Catholic students from the parish or local area, although non-Catholic students are admitted if room is available.

Name Suburb LGA Opened Website Notes
Emmanuel Catholic Primary SchoolMount PleasantMackay1983WebsiteP–10 until 1994
Good Shepherd Catholic Community SchoolRasmussenTownsville1996Website
Holy Spirit Catholic SchoolCranbrookTownsville1969Website
MacKillop Catholic Primary SchoolAndergroveMackay1995
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic SchoolInghamHinchinbrook1914Website
Southern Cross Catholic SchoolAnnandaleTownsville1998Website
St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolSarinaMackay1925Website
St Catherine's SchoolProserpineWhitsunday1925Website
St Colman's SchoolHome HillBurdekin1927Website
St Francis's SchoolAyrBurdekin1912Website
St Francis's SchoolHughendenFlinders1900Website
St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary SchoolWest MackayMackay1935Website
St John Bosco's SchoolCollinsvilleWhitsunday1936Website
St John's Catholic SchoolWalkerstonMackay1924Website
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolNorth MackayMackay1936Website
St Joseph's Catholic SchoolMundingburraTownsville1924Website
St Joseph's Catholic SchoolCloncurryCloncurry1908Website
St Joseph's Primary SchoolParksideMount Isa1932Website
St Joseph's SchoolNorth WardTownsville1873Website
St Kieran's Primary SchoolPioneerMount Isa1985WebsiteMerger of two earlier schools
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolSouth MackayMackay1924Website
St Mary's Catholic SchoolBowenWhitsunday1872Website
St Michael's Catholic SchoolPalm IslandPalm Island1945Website
St Peter's Catholic SchoolHalifaxHinchinbrook1927WebsiteFormerly St Theresa's Convent until 1969
The Marian SchoolCurrajongTownsville1988Website

Catholic high schools
Name Suburb LGA Opened Website Notes
Burdekin Catholic High SchoolAyrBurdekin1974Website8-12.
Columba Catholic CollegeCharters TowersCharters Towers1998WebsiteP-12.
Gilroy Santa Maria CollegeInghamHinchinbrook1973Website8-12. Merger of Gilroy (boys) and Santa Maria (girls)
Good Shepherd Catholic CollegeMount IsaMount Isa1985Website8-12. Merger of St Kieran's (boys) and San Jose (girls)
Holy Spirit CollegeMount PleasantMackay1995Website8-12. Formerly part of Emmanuel College
Ignatius Park CollegeCranbrookTownsville1969Website7-12 boys
Mercy CollegeMackayMackay1930Website8-10. Formerly Our Lady of Mercy College until 1986
Ryan Catholic CollegeKirwanTownsville1979WebsiteP-12
St Anthony's Catholic CollegeDeeragunTownsville1992WebsiteP-12
St Margaret Mary's CollegeHyde ParkTownsville1963Website8-12 girls
St Patrick's CollegeMackayMackay1929Website11-12. Formerly St Patrick's CBC until 1986
St Patrick's CollegeNorth WardTownsville1904Website7-12 girls.
St Teresa's CollegeAbergowrieHinchinbrook1933Website8-12 boys

Independent schools
Name Suburb LGA Category Years Opened Website Notes
All Souls St Gabriel's SchoolRichmond HillCharters TowersInd. AnglicanP-121920Website
Annandale Christian CollegeAnnandaleTownsvilleChristianP-121982Website
Blackheath & Thornburgh CollegeRichmond HillCharters TowersInd. ChristianP–121919Website Merger of Blackheath College and Thornburgh College, Methodist/Presbyterian until 1978
Burdekin Christian CollegeAyrBurdekinChristianP-71982Website
Calvary Christian CollegeMount LouisaTownsvilleAssembly of GodP-121978Website
Carlisle Christian CollegeBeaconsfieldMackayAdventistP-101950Website
Hinchinbrook Christian SchoolInghamHinchinbrookBaptistP-121984Website
Mackay Christian CollegeNorth MackayMackayChristianP-121984Website
Riverside Adventist Christian SchoolAitkenvaleTownsvilleAdventistP-71967Website
Shalom Christian CollegeCondonTownsvilleChristian indigenousP-121992Website
Tec-NQDouglasTownsvilleIndependent10-12.2007WebsiteFormerly Australian Technical College - North Queensland.
The Cathedral SchoolMundingburraTownsvilleAnglicanP-121917Website
Townsville Christian CollegeGarbuttTownsvilleChristianP-112007WebsiteAffiliated with Life Church Townsville
Townsville Flexible Learning CentreWest EndTownsvilleIndependent alternative8-12.2006WebsiteOperated by Edmund Rice Foundation.
Townsville Grammar SchoolNorth WardTownsvilleIndependentP-121888Website
Whitsunday Anglican SchoolBeaconsfieldMackayAnglicanP-121988Website
Whitsunday Christian CollegeCannonvaleWhitsundayChristianP-121997Website

Defunct private schools
Name Suburb LGA Category Years Opened Closed Notes
Canossa Primary SchoolTrebonneHinchinbrookCatholicPrimary19512013
Gilroy CollegeInghamHinchinbrookCatholic boysHigh19491972Merged into Gilroy Santa Maria College
Heritage High SchoolTownsvilleTownsville?High19781989
Holy Family Primary SchoolGulliverTownsvilleCatholicPrimary19521987Merged into The Marian School
Immaculate Heart of Mary SchoolMarianMackayCatholicPrimary19461989
Mount Carmel CollegeCharters TowersCharters TowersCatholic boysHigh19021997Merged into Columba Catholic College
Mount Isa Christian CollegeMount IsaMount IsaIndependentHigh19812008
Our Lady's Mount CollegeTownsvilleTownsvilleCatholic boysHigh19111970Moved and became Ignatius Park College
San Jose Secondary SchoolMount IsaMount IsaCatholic girlsSecondary19641984Merged into Good Shepherd Catholic College
St Columba's Primary SchoolCharters TowersCharters TowersCatholicPrimary18761997Merged into Columba Catholic College
St John Fisher Christian Brothers CollegeCurrajongTownsvilleCatholic boysPrimary19521987Merged into The Marian School
St Joseph's SchoolGiruBurdekinCatholicPrimary19451998
St Joseph's SchoolJulia CreekMcKinlayCatholicPrimary19551995
St Kieran's Christian Brothers CollegeMount IsaMount IsaCatholic boysSecondary19601984Merged into Good Shepherd Catholic College
St Margaret Mary's Primary SchoolHermit ParkTownsvilleCatholic girlsPrimary19361987Merged into The Marian School
St Mary's CollegeCharters TowersCharters TowersCatholic girlsHigh18821997Merged into Columba Catholic College
St Mary's SchoolWest EndTownsvilleCatholicPrimary18881995Merged into The Marian School
Santa Maria CollegeInghamHinchinbrookCatholic girlsHigh19491972Merged into Gilroy Santa Maria College
Townsville Christian AcademyTownsvilleTownsvilleInd. ChristianPrimary19831991

See also
  • List of schools in Queensland

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