This is a list of schools in the North Queensland

North Queensland

North Queensland or the Northern Region is the northern part of the state of Queensland in Australia. Queensland is a massive state, larger than most countries, and the tropical northern part of it has been historically remote and undeveloped, resulting in a distinctive regional character and...

 region of Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, and includes schools in North West Queensland

Gulf Country

The Gulf Country is the name given to the region of woodland and savanna grassland surrounding the Gulf of Carpentaria in north western Queensland and eastern Northern Territory on the north coast of Australia...

. The region is centred on the coastal cities of Townsville and Mackay

Mackay, Queensland

Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar....

, and the inland city of Mount Isa. The Queensland education system traditionally consists of primary schools, which accommodate students from kindergarten to Year 7 (ages 5–12), and high school

High school

High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....

s, which accommodate students from Years 8 to 12 (ages 13–17).

State primary schools

Name	Suburb	LGA	Opened	Website	Notes
Abergowrie State School	Abergowrie	Hinchinbrook	1953	Website
Airville State School	Airville	Burdekin	1890	Website
Aitkenvale State School	Aitkenvale Aitkenvale, Queensland Aitkenvale is a suburb of Townsville, North Queensland, Australia. It is named after Thomas Aitken, the original grantee of Portion 38, Parish of Coonambelah. He began subdividing the property during the 1880s, putting 440 quarter-acre residential allotments on the market in 1885...	Townsville	1924	Website
Alligator Creek State School	Alligator Creek	Mackay	1896	Website
Andergrove State School	Andergrove	Mackay	1939	Website
Annandale State School	Annandale Annandale, Queensland Annandale is a suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It borders the southern side of Ross River. It is the biggest suburb of Townsville and thus the most populated in the city...	Townsville	1998	Website
Ayr State School	Ayr Ayr, Queensland Ayr is a town in Queensland, Australia near the delta of the Burdekin River, named after the Scottish town of Ayr by the settlers from the United Kingdom...	Burdekin	1886	Website	Central school 1928-1936
Ayr East State School	East Ayr	Burdekin	1952	Website
Bambaroo State School	Bambaroo	Hinchinbrook	1924	Website
Barkly Highway State School	Mount Isa	Mount Isa	1959	Website
Beaconsfield State School	Beaconsfield	Mackay	1999	Website
Belgian Gardens State School	Belgian Gardens Belgian Gardens, Queensland Belgian Gardens in an inner city suburb, 5 km from the Central Business district in Townsville, Queensland Australia. It is a suburban area and has restricted zoning laws to reduce the amount of corporate buildings and apartments. It is home to the Belgian Gardens State School...	Townsville	1887	Website
Bloomsbury State School	Bloomsbury	Mackay	1927	Website
Bluewater State School	Bluewater Bluewater, Queensland Bluewater is a rural/residential suburb approximately 28 kilometres north of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. The greater Bluewater area comprises three recognised districts - the Bluewater township itself , Bluewater Park , and Toolakea...	Townsville	1957	Website	Provisional until Feb 1960
Bohlevale State School	Bohle	Townsville	1911	Website
Bowen State School	Bowen Bowen, Queensland Bowen is a town on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Bowen had a population of 7,484.-Geography:Bowen is located on the north-east coast of Australia, at exactly twenty degrees south of the equator. In fact, the twentieth parallel crosses the main street...	Whitsunday	1865	Website
Brandon State School	Brandon Brandon, Queensland Brandon, Queensland is a small town in the Burdekin in Queensland, Australia. It is a sugarcane growing area with underground water supplies to irrigate crops. At the 2006 census, Brandon had a population of 783.- External links :* **...	Burdekin	1888	Website
Bucasia State School	Bucasia	Mackay	1985	Website
Burketown State School	Burketown Burketown, Queensland - Morning glory cloud :From the months of August to November, a rare meteorological phenomenon known as "Morning Glory" - long, tubular clouds, some up to 1000 km in length - is often observed in the skies above Burketown.....	Burke	1888	Website
Bwgcolman Community School	Palm Island Palm Island, Queensland Palm Island is an Aboriginal community located on Great Palm Island, also called by the Aboriginal name "Bwgcolman", an island on the Great Barrier Reef in North Queensland, Australia The settlement is also known by a variety of other names including "the Mission", Palm Island Settlement or Palm...	Palm Island	1964	Website	P-10. Formerly Palm Island CS until 1994
Cameron Downs State School	via Hughenden Hughenden, Queensland Hughenden is a town in Queensland, Australia situated on the banks of the Flinders River. It was named after Hughenden Manor, the home of former British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. At the 2006 census, Hughenden had a population of 1,154.-History:...	Flinders	1967	Website
Camooweal State School	Camooweal Camooweal, Queensland Camooweal is a small town in north-western Queensland, Australia, located 188 km north-west of the city of Mount Isa and 12 km east of the Northern Territory border. Local government is provided by the Mount Isa City Council. The town lies on the Barkly Highway, and is adjacent to the Georgina River...	Mount Isa	1893	Website
Cannonvale State School	Cannonvale	Whitsunday	1892	Website
Charters Towers Central State School	Charters Towers Charters Towers, Queensland Charters Towers is a city in northern Queensland, Australia. It is located 137 kilometres inland from Townsville on the Flinders Highway. In 2006 the population was 7,979 people, some 450 fewer than in the 2001 census. During the last quarter of the 19th century the town boomed as the rich gold...	Charters Towers	1875	Website	Split sex until 1965
Chelona State School	Chelona	Mackay	1893	Website
Clare State School	Claredale	Burdekin	1921	Website
Collinsville State School	Collinsville Collinsville, Queensland Collinsville is a mining town in the coal-rich Bowen Basin region of central Queensland, Australia, 1245 km north of Brisbane and 87 km south-west of the coastal town of Bowen. The town is part of the Whitsunday Region...	Whitsunday	1921	Website
Coningsby State School	Coningsby	Mackay	1884	Website
Cranbrook State School	Cranbrook Cranbrook, Queensland Cranbrook is a suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It one of many suburbs located within the Geographical Centre of the Urban area of Townsville, though it is located 8 km South-West of the Townsville CBD. It is close to the Aitkenvale Business District.-External links:*...	Townsville	1981	Website
Currajong State School	Currajong	Townsville	1954	Website
Dajarra State School	Dajarra Dajarra, Queensland Dajarra is a town in the far north-west of Outback Queensland, Australia, near the border with the Northern Territory. It is about 150 km south of Mount Isa on the Diamantina Developmental Road...	Cloncurry	1920	Website
Doomadgee State School	Doomadgee Doomadgee, Queensland Doomadgee Aboriginal Mission, originally known as Dumaji, was located on Bayley Point on the Gulf of Carpentaria. In 1936 after being destroyed by a cyclone the community was relocated to Nicholson River...	Doomadgee (A)	1933	Website	K-10
Dundula State School	Dundula	Mackay	1922	Website
Eimeo Road State School	Rural View	Mackay	1934	Website
Eton State School	Eton	Mackay	1883	Website
Eton North State School	Eton North	Mackay	1895	Website
Eungella State School	Eungella	Mackay	1928	Website
Farleigh State School	Farleigh	Mackay	1909	Website
Finch Hatton State School	Finch Hatton	Mackay	1909	Website
Fitzgerald State School	North Mackay	Mackay	1979	Website
Forrest Beach State School	Forrest Beach	Hinchinbrook	1980	Website
Garbutt State School	Garbutt Garbutt, Queensland Garbutt is a residential and industrial suburb in the city of Townsville, in northern Queensland, Australia. Townsville International Airport is located there....	Townsville	1932	Website
Gargett State School	Gargett Gargett, Queensland Gargett is a town in east central Queensland, Australia, located from MackayThe railway from Paget reached Gargett in 1902. It was a busy station during the sugar crushing season....	Mackay	1914	Website
Giru State School	Giru Giru, Queensland Giru is a small town in Queensland, Australia, situated on the Haughton River 56 km south-east of Townsville. The Bruce Highway bypasses the town. Giru is noted for its sugar mill, crushing some three million tonnes of sugar cane annually, the highest in the Southern Hemisphere...	Burdekin	1924	Website
Glenella State School	Glenella	Mackay	1912	Website
Greenvale State School	Greenvale Greenvale, Queensland Greenvale is a nickel mining settlement in Queensland, Australia, approximately northwest of Townsville. Other metal ores are also extracted there. It is located within the Charters Towers Region....	Charters Towers	1972	Website	Previous provisional school 1919-1926
Gregory Educational Facility	Gregory Downs Gregory Downs, Queensland Gregory Downs is a small town located near the Gregory River in the Shire of Burke, Queensland, Australia. The town had a population of 40 people in 2008. and is situated on the banks of the perennial Gregory River....	Burke	?	Website	Operated by Doomadgee SS
Gumlu State School	Gumlu Gumlu, Queensland Gumlu is a town in North Queensland, Australia. It does not have a big population, but does have a service station. Houses have boomed in Gumlu lately by about 100% in a year, because of a coal mine opening up. It is located in between Home Hill and Bowen. It is 51km away from Home Hill and 49km...	Whitsunday	1913	Website
Halifax State School	Halifax	Hinchinbrook	1883	Website
Hamilton Island State School	Hamilton Island Hamilton Island, Queensland Hamilton Island is the largest inhabited island of the Whitsunday Islands in Queensland, Australia. Hamilton Island, like most in the Whitsunday group, was formed as sea levels rose creating numerous drowned mountains that are situated close to the east coast of Queensland, Australia...	Whitsunday	1986	Website
Hampden State School	Kuttabul	Mackay	1887	Website	Provisional until Aug 1926
Happy Valley State School	Happy Valley	Mount Isa	1942	Website
Hayman Island State School	Hayman Island	Whitsunday	1956	Website
Healy State School	Healy	Mount Isa	1972	Website
Heatley State School	Heatley	Townsville	1971	Website
Helens Hill State School	Helens Hill	Hinchinbrook	1931	Website
Hermit Park State School	Hyde Park Hyde Park, Queensland Hyde Park is a suburb of Townsville, Australia. It is located north of Mysterton, west of Hermit Park, east of Garbutt, and south of West End, and its postcode is 4812....	Townsville	1924	Website
Home Hill State School	Home Hill Home Hill, Queensland Home Hill, Queensland is a town in Queensland, Australia at the delta of the Burdekin River. It is a sugarcane growing area with underground water supplies to irrigate crops. At the 2006 census, Home Hill had a population of 2,907.- Geography :...	Burdekin	1914	Website
Homebush State School	Homebush	Mackay	1889	Website
Homestead State School	Homestead	Charters Towers	1893	Website
Ingham State School	Ingham Ingham, Queensland Ingham is a town in the Great Green Way region of North Queensland, Australia. The town was founded in 1864, gazetted a shire in 1879, and is the service centre for many sugarcane plantations, pioneered in the 1870s by William Ingham, for whom the town is named...	Hinchinbrook	1885	Website
Jarvisfield State School	Jarvisfield	Burdekin	1915	Website
Julia Creek State School	Julia Creek Julia Creek, Queensland Julia Creek is a town in mid northern Queensland, located on the Overlander's Way, the main road between Mount Isa and Townsville. It is west of Townsville, and is located 123 m above sea level. At the 2006 census, Julia Creek had a population of 368....	McKinlay	1911	Website
Kalamia State School	Kalamia	Burdekin	1928	Website
Kelso State School	Kelso Kelso, Queensland Kelso is a suburb in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia, the last of three suburbs along Riverway Drive. Kelso is the only suburb on Riverway Drive that has homes backing onto the Ross River.-History:...	Townsville	1986	Website
Kirwan State School	Kirwan Kirwan, Queensland Kirwan is a suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Kirwan includes parks, shopping, Kirwan State High School and private schools as well as the Riverway complex which has a great deal of entertainment from swimming, BBQ's and family outings to cultural events including an art gallery and...	Townsville	1977	Website
Koumala State School	Koumala	Mackay	1922	Website
Mackay Central State School	Mackay Mackay, Queensland Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar....	Mackay	1871	Website
Mackay North State School	North Mackay	Mackay	1915	Website
Mackay West State School	West Mackay	Mackay	1924	Website
Macknade State School	Macknade	Hinchinbrook	1893	Website
Magnetic Island State School	Nelly Bay Nelly Bay, Queensland Nelly Bay is a village on Magnetic Island, and a suburb of the City of Townsville, Australia. A tourism hub on the island, it is especially significant as the site of the ferry terminal, which links it to Townsville...	Townsville (Offshore)	1924	Website	Formerly Nelly Bay SS until 1973
Maidavale State School	Maidavale	Burdekin	1910	Website
Marian State School	Marian	Mackay	1886	Website
Merinda State School	Merinda	Whitsunday	1898	Website
Millaroo State School	Millaroo Millaroo, Queensland Millaroo, Queensland is a small settlement in the Burdekin in Queensland, Australia. It is a sugarcane growing area with underground water supplies to irrigate crops. At the 2006 census, Millaroo had a population of 207.-External links:**...	Burdekin	1954	Website
Millchester State School	Millchester	Charters Towers	1874	Website
Mirani State School	Mirani Mirani, Queensland Mirani is a town in the state of Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Mirani had a population of 813.-External links:*...	Mackay	1892	Website
Mornington Island State School	Mornington Island	Mornington	1975	Website	K-10
Mount Fox State School	Mount Fox	Hinchinbrook	1938	Website
Mount Isa Central State School	Mount Isa	Mount Isa	1924	Website
Mundingburra State School	Mundingburra Mundingburra, Queensland Mundingburra is a suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It is predominantly a residential suburb that is situated on the bank of the Ross River, adjacent to the suburb of Annandale...	Townsville	1884	Website
Mutarnee State School	Mutarnee Mutarnee, Queensland Mutarnee is a small rural/residential township approximately 67 kilometres north-east of Townsville, Queensland, Australia and 44 kilometres south-east of Ingham...	Townsville (Rural)	1920	Website
Northview State School	Mount Pleasant	Mackay	1986	Website
Oakenden State School	Oakenden	Mackay	1910	Website
Oonoonba State School	Idalia Idalia, Queensland Idalia is a rapidly expanding suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It has been at one stage, a light-industrial suburb of the city, but in recent years, with the initiation of the Fairfield Waters subdivision development, the suburb has rapidly expanded and nearly tripled in size...	Townsville	1920	Website
Osborne State School	Osborne	Burdekin	1914	Website
Pentland State School	Pentland Pentland, Queensland Pentland is a town in north-western Queensland. It is located in between Charters Towers and Hughenden.Pentland is about 140 km away from the town of Hughenden. Hughenden has about 2000 people and Charters Towers has about 9000. Pentland's population is estimated to be 400 people. Pentland...	Charters Towers	1885	Website
Pindi Pindi State School	Pindi Pindi	Mackay	1928	Website
Pinnacle State School	Pinnacle	Mackay	1908	Website
Prairie State School	Prairie	Flinders	1894	Website
Proserpine State School	Proserpine Proserpine, Queensland -External links:* * * * *...	Whitsunday	1897	Website
Queens Beach State School	Queens Beach	Whitsunday	1940	Website
Railway Estate State School	Railway Estate Railway Estate, Queensland Railway Estate is a suburb in the city of Townsville, Queensland. It is a residential suburb close to the Townsville CBD and Port of Townsville, and is one of the oldest residential communities in the city.-External links:*...	Townsville	1916	Website
Rasmussen State School	Rasmussen Rasmussen, Queensland Rasmussen is a suburb in the City of Townsville in Queensland, Australia. It is the second suburb on Riverway Drive and is between the suburbs of Condon and Kelso; like all the suburbs in the Upper Ross and Riverway area it is named after early settlers....	Townsville	1978	Website
Ravenswood State School	Ravenswood Ravenswood, Queensland Ravenswood is a small mining town in Queensland, Australia. The town is located approximately south of Mingela, and about from Charters Towers. At the 2006 census, Ravenswood had a population of 191....	Charters Towers	1873	Website
Richmond State School	Richmond Richmond, Queensland Richmond is a town in western Queensland, Australia. The town is located on the Flinders Highway, 498 km west of Townsville and 406 km east of Mount Isa. It is the administrative centre of the Richmond Shire. At the 2006 census, Richmond had a population of 554.The Flinders River forms...	Richmond	1889	Website	K-10
Richmond Hill State School	Richmond Hil	Charters Towers	1895	Website
Rollingstone State School	Rollingstone Rollingstone, Queensland Rollingstone is a semi-rural/residential suburb approximately 54 kilometres north of Townsville, Queensland, Australia, and 57 kilometres south of Ingham, Queensland...	Townsville (Rural)	1916	Website
Sarina State School	Sarina Sarina, Queensland Sarina is a town in central Queensland, Australia. It is situated south of the city of Mackay, and approximately north of the city of Rockhampton. At the 2006 census, Sarina had a population of 3,285....	Mackay	1897	Website	Formerly Plane Creek until 1912.
Scottville State School	Scottville Scottville, Queensland Scottville is a small town in the Bowen Basin coal-mining region of central Queensland, Australia. It is located south of the larger town of Collinsville. Scottville is located in the Whitsunday local government area, the administrative headquarters of which are located in Proserpine, to the...	Whitsunday	1924	Website
Seaforth State School	Seaforth Seaforth, Queensland Seaforth is a small coastal holiday and fishing town located 35km North-northwest of Mackay. In 1899 the Queensland Government bought Seaforth Estate from H.M. Finlayson as a settlement and named it Springcliff, however local residents always called it Seaforth and it was officially renamed in...	Mackay	1935	Website
Slade Point State School	Slade Point Slade Point, Queensland Slade Point is a peninsular suburb north of Mackay, Queensland, Australia . Slade Point, a prominent coastal feature was named by Captain James Cook.-External links:*...	Mackay	1939	Website
Stamford State School	Stamford	Flinders	1984	Website
Stuart State School	Stuart Stuart, Queensland -History during WW2:In December 1942, two classrooms of the Stuart State School on the outskirts of Townsville were used by the Army as the main Army Signals Communication Centre in North Queensland.The unit then moved to a concrete bunker at Roseneath....	Townsville (Rural)	1891	Website
Sunset State School	Sunset	Mount Isa	1968	Website
Swayneville State School	Sarina Range	Mackay	1935	Website
The Willows State School	Kirwan Kirwan, Queensland Kirwan is a suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Kirwan includes parks, shopping, Kirwan State High School and private schools as well as the Riverway complex which has a great deal of entertainment from swimming, BBQ's and family outings to cultural events including an art gallery and...	Townsville	1997	Website
Toobanna State School	Toobanna	Hinchinbrook	1922	Website
Townsville Central State School	North Ward North Ward, Queensland North Ward, is a suburb in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. North Ward is home to the beachside area known as The Strand, which overlooks Magnetic Island...	Townsville	1869	Website
Townsville South State School	Townsville South	Townsville	1884	Website
Townsville West State School	West End West End, Queensland (Townsville) West End is an old suburb of Townsville, Queensland, situated at the base of Castle Hill. The first community cemetery is located in West End. A reflection of attitudes existing during the time it was in use, research has established that it was ethnically segregated...	Townsville	1887	Website
Townview State School	Townview	Mount Isa	1965	Website
Trebonne State School	Trebonne	Hinchinbrook	1906	Website
Victoria Park State School	Mackay Mackay, Queensland Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar....	Mackay	1926	Website
Victoria Plantation State School	Victoria Plantation	Hinchinbrook	1894	Website
Vincent State School	Vincent Vincent, Queensland Vincent is a suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It is a mostly residential suburb and borders Pimlico, Heatley, Gulliver and Aitkenvale.-External links:*...	Townsville	1968	Website
Walkerston State School	Walkerston Walkerston, Queensland Walkerston is a town in central Queensland, Australia. The town is situated on the Peak Downs Highway south-west of Mackay. Walkerston straddles Bakers Creek for about . At the 2006 census, Walkerston had a population of 2,563....	Mackay	1880	Website
Weir State School	Kirwan Kirwan, Queensland Kirwan is a suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Kirwan includes parks, shopping, Kirwan State High School and private schools as well as the Riverway complex which has a great deal of entertainment from swimming, BBQ's and family outings to cultural events including an art gallery and...	Townsville	1881	Website
Woodstock State School	Woodstock Woodstock, Queensland Woodstock is a small rural community and suburb 40 km west in the rural area of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. The Woodstock General Store is the local shop, cafe, news agent, service station, bank and post office...	Townsville (Rural)	1890	Website
Wulguru State School	Wulguru Wulguru, Queensland Wulguru is a suburb of Townsville, Queensland.Wulguru is a fine suburb with a variety of different houses and landscapes. The bushy hills near Lexington Street and Coral Sea Crescent provide panoramic views of Townsville and Magnetic Island. However, most of this lovely area is owned by the...	Townsville	1962	Website

State high schools and colleges

Name	Suburb	Opened	Website	Notes
Ayr State High School Ayr State High School Ayr State High School is the only state high school in Ayr, Queensland, Australia. The school has eleven buildings, including a fifty seat auditorium and a multi-purpose shelter with a capacity of well over seven hundred for the school's 600 students.There are 67 full time staff...	Ayr Ayr, Queensland Ayr is a town in Queensland, Australia near the delta of the Burdekin River, named after the Scottish town of Ayr by the settlers from the United Kingdom...	Burdekin	1937	Website
Bowen State High School	Bowen Bowen, Queensland Bowen is a town on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Bowen had a population of 7,484.-Geography:Bowen is located on the north-east coast of Australia, at exactly twenty degrees south of the equator. In fact, the twentieth parallel crosses the main street...	Whitsunday	1961	Website
Calen District State College	Calen Calen, Queensland Calen is a small town in Queensland, Australia on the Bruce Highway between Mackay and the Whitsundays. At the 2006 census, Calen had a population of 289....	Mackay	1925	Website	P-12. PS until Dec 2003
Charters Towers State High School Charters Towers State High School Charters Towers State High School is a high school in Charters Towers in northern Queensland, Australia.Charters Towers State High School is a high school in Charters Towers in northern Queensland, Australia....	Charters Towers Charters Towers, Queensland Charters Towers is a city in northern Queensland, Australia. It is located 137 kilometres inland from Townsville on the Flinders Highway. In 2006 the population was 7,979 people, some 450 fewer than in the 2001 census. During the last quarter of the 19th century the town boomed as the rich gold...	Charters Towers	1912	Website
Cloncurry State School	Cloncurry Cloncurry, Queensland -Notable residents:*Writer Alexis Wright grew up in Cloncurry.*Association Footballer Kasey Wehrman was born in Cloncurry . He went on to play domestically and in Scandinavia. His achievements include winning a NSL Championship in 1996-1997 with the Brisbane Strikers and being capped several times...	Cloncurry	1884	Website	K-12
Collinsville State High School	Collinsville Collinsville, Queensland Collinsville is a mining town in the coal-rich Bowen Basin region of central Queensland, Australia, 1245 km north of Brisbane and 87 km south-west of the coastal town of Bowen. The town is part of the Whitsunday Region...	Whitsunday	1986	Website
Heatley Secondary College	Heatley	Townsville	1968	Website	Formerly Heatley SHS until Jan 2000
Home Hill State High School	Home Hill Home Hill, Queensland Home Hill, Queensland is a town in Queensland, Australia at the delta of the Burdekin River. It is a sugarcane growing area with underground water supplies to irrigate crops. At the 2006 census, Home Hill had a population of 2,907.- Geography :...	Burdekin	1964	Website
Hughenden State School	Hughenden Hughenden, Queensland Hughenden is a town in Queensland, Australia situated on the banks of the Flinders River. It was named after Hughenden Manor, the home of former British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. At the 2006 census, Hughenden had a population of 1,154.-History:...	Flinders	1880	Website	K-12
Ingham State High School	Ingham Ingham, Queensland Ingham is a town in the Great Green Way region of North Queensland, Australia. The town was founded in 1864, gazetted a shire in 1879, and is the service centre for many sugarcane plantations, pioneered in the 1870s by William Ingham, for whom the town is named...	Hinchinbrook	1952	Website
Kirwan State High School Kirwan State High School Kirwan State High School is a coeducational state school located in Kirwan, Queensland, Australia, approximately from the Townsville CBD. It has 2,304 students and over 120 teaching staff, making it the biggest high school in the state and the largest in North Queensland and The former Thuringowa...	Kirwan Kirwan, Queensland Kirwan is a suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Kirwan includes parks, shopping, Kirwan State High School and private schools as well as the Riverway complex which has a great deal of entertainment from swimming, BBQ's and family outings to cultural events including an art gallery and...	Townsville	1979	Website
Mackay North State High School Mackay North State High School Mackay North State High School is located in North Mackay, Queensland, Australia and was established in 1964. It is the largest secondary school in the Mackay District with over 1,500 students and over 100 staff...	Mackay North	Mackay	1964	Website
Mackay State High School	Mackay Mackay, Queensland Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar....	Mackay	1912	Website
Mirani State High School	Mirani Mirani, Queensland Mirani is a town in the state of Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Mirani had a population of 813.-External links:*...	Mackay	1967	Website
Northern Beaches State High School	Deeragun Deeragun, Queensland -Details:Deeragun is located along the Bruce Highway to the North-West of Townsville CBD. It is at Deeragun, where the Bruce Highway becomes Dual-Carriageway for the rest of its length into Townsville. The population is 2,626 residents...	Townsville	1997	Website
Pimlico State High School Pimlico State High School For other uses, see Pimlico .Pimlico State High School is a public high school in Townsville, Australia. The school places much emphasis on academic achievement and performing arts, especially music.-Facilities:...	Pimlico Pimlico, Queensland For other uses, see Pimlico .Pimlico, is a suburb of Townsville, Australia. Townsville's largest private hospital, the Mater Misericordiae Hospital is located here. The local high school is Pimlico State High School....	Townsville	1959	Website
Pioneer State High School Pioneer State High School Pioneer State High School is located in Andergrove, Mackay, Queensland and was established in 1989.-External links:*...	Andergrove	Mackay	1986	Website
Proserpine State High School Proserpine State High School Proserpine State High School is a Public High School in the town of Proserpine in the Whitsundays. The students that attend this high School come from various areas of the Whitsundays including Proserpine, Cannonvale, Airlie Beach, Conway, and some from the islands.- Campus :The school was...	Proserpine Proserpine, Queensland -External links:* * * * *...	Whitsunday	1963	Website
Sarina State High School Sarina State High School Sarina State High School is located in the small rural town of Sarina, Queensland, Australia. The school had 600 students in 2007 with a reported 20 percent continuing studies at University....	Sarina Sarina, Queensland Sarina is a town in central Queensland, Australia. It is situated south of the city of Mackay, and approximately north of the city of Rockhampton. At the 2006 census, Sarina had a population of 3,285....	Mackay	1964	Website
Spinifex State College Spinifex State College Spinifex State College is an 8-12 high school, located in Mount Isa, in north west Queensland, Australia. It first opened in 2003.-History:Prior to 2003 Mount Isa was serviced by two state secondary schools...	Mount Isa	Mount Isa	2003	Website	Replaced Kalkadoon & Mount Isa SHSs
Thuringowa State High School Thuringowa State High School Thuringowa State High School is situated in the City of Townsville, North Queensland in the suburb of Condon.Thuringowa High opened in 1987 with year 8, 9 and 11 students, and offers programs in sport, cultural achievement, the Theatre Restaurant and Vocational education, amongst others.Thuringowa...	Condon Condon, Queensland Condon is a suburb in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Condon is part of the Upper Ross District and is the first of three suburbs along Riverway Drive. Condon's first residential development was in 1968; it was named after the Condon family who had settled on the Ross River and had a dairy...	Townsville	1987	Website
Townsville State High School Townsville State High School Townsville State High School is a school in the Australian state of Queensland. It is also known as Town High.Townsville State High School was established in 1924 and was located at the northwest corner of Stanley and Walker Streets in the city. The building is now a TAFE campus...	Townsville Townsville City, Queensland Townsville City is the name of a suburb of the city of Townsville, Queensland, and essentially represents the Central Business District. Townsville CBD is in close proximity to The Strand and Castle Hill-Description:...	Townsville	1924	Website
William Ross State High School William Ross State High School William Ross State High School, is situated in the Townsville Suburb of Annandale, North Queensland.William Ross has a student count from grades 8 through to 12 of 1004 students which continues to rise annually, particularly considering the school's locality for defence families.William Ross also...	Annandale Annandale, Queensland Annandale is a suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It borders the southern side of Ross River. It is the biggest suburb of Townsville and thus the most populated in the city...	Townsville	1991	Website

Other state schools

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

Name	Suburb	LGA	Opened	Website	Notes
Burdekin School	Ayr Ayr, Queensland Ayr is a town in Queensland, Australia near the delta of the Burdekin River, named after the Scottish town of Ayr by the settlers from the United Kingdom...	Burdekin	1972	Website
Charters Towers School of Distance Education	Charters Towers Charters Towers, Queensland Charters Towers is a city in northern Queensland, Australia. It is located 137 kilometres inland from Townsville on the Flinders Highway. In 2006 the population was 7,979 people, some 450 fewer than in the 2001 census. During the last quarter of the 19th century the town boomed as the rich gold...	Charters Towers	1987	Website
Cleveland Education and Training Centre	Belgian Gardens Belgian Gardens, Queensland Belgian Gardens in an inner city suburb, 5 km from the Central Business district in Townsville, Queensland Australia. It is a suburban area and has restricted zoning laws to reduce the amount of corporate buildings and apartments. It is home to the Belgian Gardens State School...	Townsville	1994	Website	For juvenile inmates. Formerly Cleveland School until Feb 2006
Mackay District Special School	Beaconsfield	Mackay	1987	Website	Formerly Kewarra until Aug 2002
Townsville Community Learning Centre	Mundingburra Mundingburra, Queensland Mundingburra is a suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It is predominantly a residential suburb that is situated on the bank of the Ross River, adjacent to the suburb of Annandale...	Townsville	2002	Website

Defunct state schools

Name	Suburb	LGA	Opened	Closed	Notes
Airdmillan State School	Airdmillan	Burdekin	1912	1986
Aitkenvale Special School	Aitkenvale Aitkenvale, Queensland Aitkenvale is a suburb of Townsville, North Queensland, Australia. It is named after Thomas Aitken, the original grantee of Portion 38, Parish of Coonambelah. He began subdividing the property during the 1880s, putting 440 quarter-acre residential allotments on the market in 1885...	Townsville	1972	2001	Merged into Townsville Community Learning Centre
Ana Branch State School	Ana Branch	Charters Towers	1919	1964
Balfe's Creek State School	Balfes Creek	Charters Towers	1905	1967
Balnagowan State School	Balnagowan	Mackay	1950	1973
Black Jack State School	Black Jack	Charters Towers	1887	1948	Provisional until July 1891
Bona Vista State School	Proserpine Proserpine, Queensland -External links:* * * * *...	Whitsunday	1906	1964
Braemeadows State School	Braemeadows	Hinchinbrook	1928	1969
Brightly State School	Brightly	Mackay	1925	1988
Burdekin Falls State School	Burdekin Falls	Whitsunday	1984	1988
Cameron's Pocket State School	Camerons Pocket	Mackay	1930	1958
Cannon Vale State School	Cannonvale	Whitsunday	1892	1942
Charters Towers School of the Air	Charters Towers Charters Towers, Queensland Charters Towers is a city in northern Queensland, Australia. It is located 137 kilometres inland from Townsville on the Flinders Highway. In 2006 the population was 7,979 people, some 450 fewer than in the 2001 census. During the last quarter of the 19th century the town boomed as the rich gold...	Charters Towers	1964	1973
Cootharinga Special School	Castle Hill	Townsville	1964	1986
Cordelia State School	Cordelia	Hinchinbrook	1918	1993
Crediton State School	Crediton	Mackay	1943	1968
Crediton West State School	Crediton	Mackay	1951	1961
Crystal Creek State School	Crystal Creek	Whitsunday	1916	1967	Provisional until 1921; closed 1948, 1951–1956
Dalbeg State School	Dalbeg Dalbeg, Queensland Dalbeg is a tiny farming community located inland from the townships of Ayr and Home Hill. Situated on the banks of the Burdekin River, it is a fertile area famous for growing sugar cane and vegetables....	Burdekin	1955	1999
Dalrymple Heights State School	Dalrymple Heights	Mackay	1937	1959
Devereaux Creek State School	Devereaux Creek	Mackay	1903	1970
Dittmer State School	Dittmer	Whitsunday	1938	1965
Dobbyn State School	Three Rivers	Cloncurry	1918	1954
Dows Creek State School	Dows Creek	Mackay	1895	2009
Duchess State School	Duchess	Cloncurry	1911	1983
Dumbleton State School	Dumbleton	Mackay	1926	1949
Dutton River State School	Dutton River	Flinders	1972	1977
Elaroo State School	Elaroo	Whitsunday	1936	1969
Etowri State School	Etowri	Mackay	1926	1953
Foresthome State School	Foresthome	Hinchinbrook	1935	1993
Foxdale State School	Foxdale Foxdale, Queensland Foxdale is a farming district located to the north west of Proserpine in the state of Queensland, Australia.The town is situated between the Proserpine River to the south west and the Bruce Highway and North Coast railway line to the west...	Whitsunday	1904	1972
Gilbert River State School	Gilbert River	Croydon	1899	1961
Greenvale State School	Greenvale Greenvale, Queensland Greenvale is a nickel mining settlement in Queensland, Australia, approximately northwest of Townsville. Other metal ores are also extracted there. It is located within the Charters Towers Region....	Charters Towers	1919	1973
Gunpowder State School	Gunpowder	Mount Isa	1970	1999	Closed 1982-1991
Guthalungra State School	Guthalungra	Whitsunday	1948	1988	Provisional until 28 February 1957.
Habana State School	Habana	Mackay	1917	1960
Hawkins Creek State School	Hawkins Creek	Hinchinbrook	1912	2003
Hermit Park Special School	Hermit Park Hermit Park, Queensland Hermit Park is a suburb and Residential enclave of Townsville, Queensland. It is a mixture of predominantly residential premises, ocmmercial and light-industrial businesses, as well as serving as a public services hub. The Mater Women's and Children's Hospital is a private hospital located in the...	Townsville	1979	1980
Hermit Park State Infants' School	Hermit Park Hermit Park, Queensland Hermit Park is a suburb and Residential enclave of Townsville, Queensland. It is a mixture of predominantly residential premises, ocmmercial and light-industrial businesses, as well as serving as a public services hub. The Mater Women's and Children's Hospital is a private hospital located in the...	Townsville	1955	1993	Merged into Hermit Park SS
Horseshoe Bay State School	Horseshoe Bay Horseshoe Bay, Queensland Horseshoe Bay is a village on Magnetic Island, Queensland, Australia. It is considered the tourist strip of the island. From September 2006, Horseshoe Bay was undergoing a string of housing development behind the existing residential area to the southern part of the bay. It is also a major...	Townsville (Offshore)	1949	1972
Horseshoe Lagoon State School	Horseshoe Lagoon	Burdekin	1917	1937
Ingham Special School	Ingham Ingham, Queensland Ingham is a town in the Great Green Way region of North Queensland, Australia. The town was founded in 1864, gazetted a shire in 1879, and is the service centre for many sugarcane plantations, pioneered in the 1870s by William Ingham, for whom the town is named...	Hinchinbrook	1971	1992
Inkerman State School	Inkerman Inkerman, Queensland Inkerman is a town located in North Queensland, Australia on the Bruce Highway. It is well known for nearby Mount Inkerman, which has a road going up it and a scenic view from the top. At the 2006 census, Inkerman had a population of 520.-External links:*...	Burdekin	1915	1974
Inverdon Road State School	Bowen Bowen, Queensland Bowen is a town on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Bowen had a population of 7,484.-Geography:Bowen is located on the north-east coast of Australia, at exactly twenty degrees south of the equator. In fact, the twentieth parallel crosses the main street...	Whitsunday	1922	1955
Kajabbi State School	Kajabbi	Cloncurry	1919	1975
Kalkadoon State High School	Kalkadoon	Mount Isa	1977	2002	Merged into Spinifex State College Spinifex State College Spinifex State College is an 8-12 high school, located in Mount Isa, in north west Queensland, Australia. It first opened in 2003.-History:Prior to 2003 Mount Isa was serviced by two state secondary schools...
Kelsey Creek State School	Kelsey Creek	Whitsunday	1895	1963	Provisional until 1909
Koolamarra State School	Koolamarra	Cloncurry	1915	1971
Kungurri State School	Kungurri	Mackay	1932	1963
Kuridala State School	Kuridala	Cloncurry	1901	1932	formerly Friezland SS until 1920
Kynuna State School	Kynuna	McKinlay	1899	1992
Lake Julius State School	Lake Julius Lake Julius Lake Julius was formed following the construction of Julius Dam in 1976 for irrigation and town water storage. The dam wall is located just below the junction of the Leichardt River and Paroo Creek some 70 km North East of Mount Isa...	Mount Isa	1973	1976
Lannercost State School	Lannercost	Hinchinbrook	1929	1962
Lethebrook State School	Lethebrook	Mackay	1922	1964
Long Pocket State School	Long Pocket	Hinchinbrook	1915	1994
Lucinda Point State School	Lucinda Lucinda, Queensland Lucinda is a coastal town in the state of Queensland, Australia, located at the southern entrance to Hinchinbrook Channel near the town of Ingham. A sugar-exporting town, Lucinda is noted for its 6km-long sugar jetty, the world's largest bulk sugar loading facility...	Hinchinbrook	1896	2008
McDesme State School	McDesme	Burdekin	1905	1965
Mackay Central State Infants School	Mackay Mackay, Queensland Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar....	Mackay	1960	1968	Merged with Mackay Central SS
Mackay Special School	Mackay Mackay, Queensland Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar....	Mackay	1981	1997	Merged with Kewarra Special
Mackay West State Infants School	West Mackay	Mackay	1956	1994	Merged with Mackay West SS
Macrossan State School	Macrossan	Charters Towers	1884	1948	Provisional until 1907
Majors Creek State School	Majors Creek	Burdekin	1933	2009
Malbon State School	Malbon	Cloncurry	1911	1969
Mary Kathleen State School	Mary Kathleen Mary Kathleen, Queensland Mary Kathleen was a mining settlement in the northwestern part of Queensland, Australia. It is located in the Selwyn Range between Mount Isa and Cloncurry.Mary Kathleen was first settled during the 1860s.-Uranium mine:...	Cloncurry	1956	1983
Maxwelton State School	Maxwelton	Richmond	1923	1989
McKinlay State School	McKinlay	McKinlay	1897	1986
Mia Mia State School	Mia Mia	Mackay	1899	1967
Mingela State School	Mingela	Charters Towers	1882	2002
Mount Charlton State School	Mount Charlton	Mackay	1931	2009
Mount Christian State School	near Koumala	Mackay	1925	1968
Mount Coolon State School	Mount Coolon	Whitsunday	1921	1967	Provisional until May 1963
Mount Dalrymple State School	Dalrymple Heights	Mackay	1904	1963
Mount Isa State High School	Mount Isa	Mount Isa	1953	2002	Merged into Spinifex State College Spinifex State College Spinifex State College is an 8-12 high school, located in Mount Isa, in north west Queensland, Australia. It first opened in 2003.-History:Prior to 2003 Mount Isa was serviced by two state secondary schools...
Mount Jukes State School	Mount Jukes	Mackay	1926	1967
Mount Marlow State School	Mount Marlow	Whitsunday	1900	1954
Mount Martin State School	Mount Martin	Mackay	1906	1961
Mount Ossa State School	Mount Ossa	Mackay	1938	1970
Mount Pelion State School	Mount Pelion	Mackay	1924	1970	Provisional until Aug 1926
Mount Proserpine State School	Mount Proserpine	Whitsunday	1938	1963
Mount Surround State School	Mount Surround	Burdekin	1932	1968
Munbura State School	Munbura	Mackay	1920	1971
Mundingburra Special School	Mundingburra Mundingburra, Queensland Mundingburra is a suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It is predominantly a residential suburb that is situated on the bank of the Ross River, adjacent to the suburb of Annandale...	Townsville	1981	2001	Formerly Mundingburra South until Jan 1987. Merged into Townsville Community Learning Centre
Narpi State School	Narpi	Mackay	1926	2005
Nelia State School	Nelia	McKinlay	1926	1960
Netherdale State School	Netherdale	Mackay	1914	1963
Nindaroo State School	Nindaroo	Mackay	1899	1963
Nonda State School	Nonda	Richmond	1925	1975
O'Connell River State School	Bloomsbury	Whitsunday	1937	1960
Owens Creek State School	Owens Creek	Mackay	1913	1967	Provisional until 1918
Palm Grove State School	Palm Grove	Whitsunday	1916	1951
Palm Island State School	Palm Island Palm Island, Queensland Palm Island is an Aboriginal community located on Great Palm Island, also called by the Aboriginal name "Bwgcolman", an island on the Great Barrier Reef in North Queensland, Australia The settlement is also known by a variety of other names including "the Mission", Palm Island Settlement or Palm...	Palm Island	1938	1970
Paluma State School	Paluma Paluma, Queensland Paluma is a township of around 25 permanent residents in the Mount Spec ranges of Townsville's heritage-listed Wet Tropics. Paluma developed from a mining and forestry background. The first people to arrive here were tin prospectors in the 1870s after an abundance of tin in the mountains. The area...	Charters Towers	1946	1994	Provisional until 1952; formerly known as Running River
Peacock Siding State School	Peacock Siding	Hinchinbrook	1929	1949
Picnic Bay State School	Picnic Bay Picnic Bay, Queensland Picnic Bay refers to both a bay on the south-east corner of Magnetic Island and the island's main town. At the 2006 census, Picnic Bay had a population of 360....	Townsville (Offshore)	1917	1970	Formerly Magnetic Island SS until Sep 1925
Pleystowe State School	Pleystowe	Mackay	1896	1961
Plane Creek West State School	West Plane Creek	Mackay	?	1969
Quamby State School	Quamby	Cloncurry	1924	1969
Rangemore State School	Rangemore	Burdekin	1913	1962
Reid River State School	Reid River	Townsville (R)	1948	1966
Riordan Vale State School	Riordanvale	Whitsunday	1939	1963	Provisional until 1955
Ripple Creek State School	near Bemerside	Hinchinbrook	1893	1995
Rise and Shine State School	Rise and Shine	Mackay	1936	1963
Rita Island State School	Rita Island	Burdekin	1920	1967
Sandiford State School	Sandiford	Mackay	1908	1992
Septimus State School	Septimus	Mackay	1904	1999
Shirbourne State School	Shirbourne	Burdekin	1931	1970
Stone State School	Upper Stone	Hinchinbrook	1909	1993
Strathdickie State School	Strathdickie	Whitsunday	1906	1962
Sunnyside State School	Sunnyside	Mackay	1937	1960
Sybil Creek State School	near Pinnacle	Mackay	1921	1965
Te Kowai State School	Te Kowai Te Kowai, Queensland Te Kowai is a suburb in the Mackay Regional Council in Queensland, Australia. Its population at the 2006 census was 666 people.The name of the suburb is derived from a former railway station, itself derived from a nearby sugar plantation named after a New Zealand tree, kowhai...	Mackay	1883	1968
The Leap State School	The Leap	Mackay	1893	1969
The Monument State School	The Monument	Cloncurry	1976	1994
Torrens Creek State School	Torrens Creek	Flinders Shire of Flinders The Shire of Flinders was a Local Government Area located on the eastern Mornington Peninsula about south of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1858 until 1994.-History:...	1891	1991
Townsville Hospital Special School	North Ward North Ward, Queensland North Ward, is a suburb in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. North Ward is home to the beachside area known as The Strand, which overlooks Magnetic Island...	Townsville	1974	1994
Townsville West Special School	West End West End, Queensland (Townsville) West End is an old suburb of Townsville, Queensland, situated at the base of Castle Hill. The first community cemetery is located in West End. A reflection of attitudes existing during the time it was in use, research has established that it was ethnically segregated...	Townsville	1958	1992
Victoria Park State Infants School	Mackay Mackay, Queensland Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar....	Mackay	1970	1994	Merged with Victoria Park SS
Wagoora State School	Wagoora	Mackay	1949	1963
Whitewood State School	Whitewood	Flinders	1961	1970
Yalboroo State School	Yalboroo	Mackay	1927	2000
Yuruga State School	Yuruga	Hinchinbrook	1919	1994

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 orders

Roman Catholic religious order

Catholic religious orders are, historically, a category of Catholic religious institutes.Subcategories are canons regular ; monastics ; mendicants Catholic religious orders are, historically, a category of Catholic religious institutes.Subcategories are canons regular (canons and canonesses regular...

, but with the decrease in membership in the orders 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

Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockhampton

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockhampton is an suffragan Latin rite diocese of the Archdiocese of Brisbane, erected in 1882, covering Central Queensland, Australia.-Ordinaries:...

, 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

Roman Catholic Diocese of Townsville

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Townsville is a suffragan Latin rite diocese of the Archdiocese of Brisbane, erected in 1930, covering North Queensland, Australia.-Ordinaries:...

. 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
Canossa Primary School	Trebonne	Hinchinbrook	1951	Website
Emmanuel Catholic Primary School	Mount Pleasant	Mackay	1983	Website	P–10 until 1994
Good Shepherd Catholic Community School	Rasmussen Rasmussen, Queensland Rasmussen is a suburb in the City of Townsville in Queensland, Australia. It is the second suburb on Riverway Drive and is between the suburbs of Condon and Kelso; like all the suburbs in the Upper Ross and Riverway area it is named after early settlers....	Townsville	1996	Website
Holy Spirit Catholic School	Cranbrook Cranbrook, Queensland Cranbrook is a suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It one of many suburbs located within the Geographical Centre of the Urban area of Townsville, though it is located 8 km South-West of the Townsville CBD. It is close to the Aitkenvale Business District.-External links:*...	Townsville	1969	Website
MacKillop Catholic Primary School	Andergrove	Mackay	1995
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School	Ingham Ingham, Queensland Ingham is a town in the Great Green Way region of North Queensland, Australia. The town was founded in 1864, gazetted a shire in 1879, and is the service centre for many sugarcane plantations, pioneered in the 1870s by William Ingham, for whom the town is named...	Hinchinbrook	1914	Website
Southern Cross Catholic School	Annandale Annandale, Queensland Annandale is a suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It borders the southern side of Ross River. It is the biggest suburb of Townsville and thus the most populated in the city...	Townsville	1998	Website
St Anne's Catholic Primary School	Sarina Sarina, Queensland Sarina is a town in central Queensland, Australia. It is situated south of the city of Mackay, and approximately north of the city of Rockhampton. At the 2006 census, Sarina had a population of 3,285....	Mackay	1925	Website
St Catherine's School	Proserpine Proserpine, Queensland -External links:* * * * *...	Whitsunday	1925	Website
St Colman's School	Home Hill Home Hill, Queensland Home Hill, Queensland is a town in Queensland, Australia at the delta of the Burdekin River. It is a sugarcane growing area with underground water supplies to irrigate crops. At the 2006 census, Home Hill had a population of 2,907.- Geography :...	Burdekin	1927	Website
St Francis's School	Ayr Ayr, Queensland Ayr is a town in Queensland, Australia near the delta of the Burdekin River, named after the Scottish town of Ayr by the settlers from the United Kingdom...	Burdekin	1912	Website
St Francis's School	Hughenden Hughenden, Queensland Hughenden is a town in Queensland, Australia situated on the banks of the Flinders River. It was named after Hughenden Manor, the home of former British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. At the 2006 census, Hughenden had a population of 1,154.-History:...	Flinders	1900	Website
St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School	West Mackay	Mackay	1935	Website
St John Bosco's School	Collinsville Collinsville, Queensland Collinsville is a mining town in the coal-rich Bowen Basin region of central Queensland, Australia, 1245 km north of Brisbane and 87 km south-west of the coastal town of Bowen. The town is part of the Whitsunday Region...	Whitsunday	1936	Website
St John's Catholic School	Walkerston Walkerston, Queensland Walkerston is a town in central Queensland, Australia. The town is situated on the Peak Downs Highway south-west of Mackay. Walkerston straddles Bakers Creek for about . At the 2006 census, Walkerston had a population of 2,563....	Mackay	1924	Website
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School	North Mackay	Mackay	1936	Website
St Joseph's Catholic School	Mundingburra Mundingburra, Queensland Mundingburra is a suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It is predominantly a residential suburb that is situated on the bank of the Ross River, adjacent to the suburb of Annandale...	Townsville	1924	Website
St Joseph's Catholic School	Cloncurry Cloncurry, Queensland -Notable residents:*Writer Alexis Wright grew up in Cloncurry.*Association Footballer Kasey Wehrman was born in Cloncurry . He went on to play domestically and in Scandinavia. His achievements include winning a NSL Championship in 1996-1997 with the Brisbane Strikers and being capped several times...	Cloncurry	1908	Website
St Joseph's Primary School	Happy Valley	Mount Isa	1932	Website
St Joseph's School	North Ward North Ward, Queensland North Ward, is a suburb in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. North Ward is home to the beachside area known as The Strand, which overlooks Magnetic Island...	Townsville	1873	Website
St Kieran's Primary School	Pioneer	Mount Isa	1985	Website	Merger of two earlier schools
St Mary's Catholic Primary School	South Mackay	Mackay	1924	Website
St Mary's Catholic School	Bowen Bowen, Queensland Bowen is a town on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Bowen had a population of 7,484.-Geography:Bowen is located on the north-east coast of Australia, at exactly twenty degrees south of the equator. In fact, the twentieth parallel crosses the main street...	Whitsunday	1872	Website
St Michael's Catholic School	Palm Island Palm Island, Queensland Palm Island is an Aboriginal community located on Great Palm Island, also called by the Aboriginal name "Bwgcolman", an island on the Great Barrier Reef in North Queensland, Australia The settlement is also known by a variety of other names including "the Mission", Palm Island Settlement or Palm...	Palm Island	1945	Website
St Peter's Catholic School	Halifax	Hinchinbrook	1927	Website	Formerly St Theresa's Convent until 1969
The Marian School	Currajong	Townsville	1988	Website

Catholic high schools

Name	Suburb	LGA	Opened	Website	Notes
Burdekin Catholic High School	Ayr Ayr, Queensland Ayr is a town in Queensland, Australia near the delta of the Burdekin River, named after the Scottish town of Ayr by the settlers from the United Kingdom...	Burdekin	1974	Website	8-12.
Columba Catholic College Columba Catholic College Columba Catholic College is a private, co-educational, Catholic, day and boarding school located in Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia. It is a school of the Diocese of Townsville....	Charters Towers Charters Towers, Queensland Charters Towers is a city in northern Queensland, Australia. It is located 137 kilometres inland from Townsville on the Flinders Highway. In 2006 the population was 7,979 people, some 450 fewer than in the 2001 census. During the last quarter of the 19th century the town boomed as the rich gold...	Charters Towers	1998	Website	P-12.
Gilroy Santa Maria College	Ingham Ingham, Queensland Ingham is a town in the Great Green Way region of North Queensland, Australia. The town was founded in 1864, gazetted a shire in 1879, and is the service centre for many sugarcane plantations, pioneered in the 1870s by William Ingham, for whom the town is named...	Hinchinbrook	1973	Website	8-12. Merger of Gilroy (boys) and Santa Maria (girls)
Good Shepherd Catholic College	Mount Isa	Mount Isa	1985	Website	8-12. Merger of St Kieran's (boys) and San Jose (girls)
Holy Spirit College	Mount Pleasant	Mackay	1995	Website	8-12. Formerly part of Emmanuel College
Ignatius Park College	Cranbrook Cranbrook, Queensland Cranbrook is a suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It one of many suburbs located within the Geographical Centre of the Urban area of Townsville, though it is located 8 km South-West of the Townsville CBD. It is close to the Aitkenvale Business District.-External links:*...	Townsville	1969	Website	8-12 boys
Mercy College	Mackay Mackay, Queensland Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar....	Mackay	1930	Website	8-10. Formerly Our Lady of Mercy College until 1986
Ryan Catholic College Ryan Catholic College Ryan Catholic College is a combined, co-educational, primary and secondary school in what is now the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It was established by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Townsville in 1979. Ryan is the largest catholic school in Townsville.It currently has over 1900...	Kirwan Kirwan, Queensland Kirwan is a suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Kirwan includes parks, shopping, Kirwan State High School and private schools as well as the Riverway complex which has a great deal of entertainment from swimming, BBQ's and family outings to cultural events including an art gallery and...	Townsville	1979	Website	P-12
St Anthony's Catholic College	Deeragun Deeragun, Queensland -Details:Deeragun is located along the Bruce Highway to the North-West of Townsville CBD. It is at Deeragun, where the Bruce Highway becomes Dual-Carriageway for the rest of its length into Townsville. The population is 2,626 residents...	Townsville	1992	Website	P-12
St Margaret Mary's College	Hyde Park Hyde Park, Queensland Hyde Park is a suburb of Townsville, Australia. It is located north of Mysterton, west of Hermit Park, east of Garbutt, and south of West End, and its postcode is 4812....	Townsville	1963	Website	8-12 girls
St Patrick's College St Patrick's College, Mackay St Patrick's College is a co-educational Catholic school in Mackay, Queensland, Australia. St Patrick's is the only school in Queensland that offers education only to Years 11 and 12...	Mackay Mackay, Queensland Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar....	Mackay	1929	Website	11-12. Formerly St Patrick's CBC until 1986
St Patrick's College St Patrick's College, Townsville St Patrick's College is a Catholic Day and Residential Girls' Secondary School in the Mercy Tradition. The College is located at 45 The Strand, North Ward, Townsville, North Queensland, Australia.-History:...	North Ward North Ward, Queensland North Ward, is a suburb in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. North Ward is home to the beachside area known as The Strand, which overlooks Magnetic Island...	Townsville	1904	Website	8-12.
St Teresa's College	Abergowrie	Hinchinbrook	1933	Website	8-12 boys

Independent schools

Name	Suburb	LGA	Category	Years	Opened	Website	Notes
All Souls St Gabriel's School	Charters Towers Charters Towers, Queensland Charters Towers is a city in northern Queensland, Australia. It is located 137 kilometres inland from Townsville on the Flinders Highway. In 2006 the population was 7,979 people, some 450 fewer than in the 2001 census. During the last quarter of the 19th century the town boomed as the rich gold...	Charters Towers	Ind. Anglican	P-12	1920	Website
Annandale Christian College	Annandale Annandale, Queensland Annandale is a suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It borders the southern side of Ross River. It is the biggest suburb of Townsville and thus the most populated in the city...	Townsville	Christian	P-12	1982	Website
Blackheath & Thornburgh College	Charters Towers Charters Towers, Queensland Charters Towers is a city in northern Queensland, Australia. It is located 137 kilometres inland from Townsville on the Flinders Highway. In 2006 the population was 7,979 people, some 450 fewer than in the 2001 census. During the last quarter of the 19th century the town boomed as the rich gold...	Charters Towers	Ind. Christian	P–12	1919	Methodist/Presbyterian until 1978
Burdekin Christian College	Ayr Ayr, Queensland Ayr is a town in Queensland, Australia near the delta of the Burdekin River, named after the Scottish town of Ayr by the settlers from the United Kingdom...	Burdekin	Christian	P-7	1982	Website
Calvary Christian College	Mount Louisa	Townsville	AOG	P-12	1978	Website
Carlisle Christian College	Beaconsfield	Mackay	Adventist	P-10	1950	Website
Hinchinbrook Christian School	Ingham Ingham, Queensland Ingham is a town in the Great Green Way region of North Queensland, Australia. The town was founded in 1864, gazetted a shire in 1879, and is the service centre for many sugarcane plantations, pioneered in the 1870s by William Ingham, for whom the town is named...	Hinchinbrook	Baptist	P-12	1984	Website
Mackay Christian College	North Mackay	Mackay	Christian	P-12	1984	Website
Riverside Adventist Christian School	Aitkenvale Aitkenvale, Queensland Aitkenvale is a suburb of Townsville, North Queensland, Australia. It is named after Thomas Aitken, the original grantee of Portion 38, Parish of Coonambelah. He began subdividing the property during the 1880s, putting 440 quarter-acre residential allotments on the market in 1885...	Townsville	Adventist	P-7	2009	Website
Shalom Christian College	Condon Condon, Queensland Condon is a suburb in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Condon is part of the Upper Ross District and is the first of three suburbs along Riverway Drive. Condon's first residential development was in 1968; it was named after the Condon family who had settled on the Ross River and had a dairy...	Townsville	Christian indigenous	P-12	1992	Website
Tec-NQ	Douglas Douglas, Queensland Douglas is a suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia south of the Ross River and west of the city centre.Though mainly residential, it does contain James Cook University and the Townsville Hospital...	Townsville	Independent	11-12.	2007	Website	Formerly Australian Technical College - North Queensland.
The Cathedral School The Cathedral School, Townsville The Cathedral School of St Anne and St James is an Australian Anglican school for boys and girls from six weeks of age to Year 12, including boarding students from Year 7 to Year 12....	Mundingburra Mundingburra, Queensland Mundingburra is a suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It is predominantly a residential suburb that is situated on the bank of the Ross River, adjacent to the suburb of Annandale...	Townsville	Anglican	P-12	1917	Website
Townsville Christian College	Garbutt Garbutt, Queensland Garbutt is a residential and industrial suburb in the city of Townsville, in northern Queensland, Australia. Townsville International Airport is located there....	Townsville	AOG	P-7	2007	Website	Affiliated with Life Church Townsville
Townsville Flexible Learning Centre	West End West End, Queensland (Townsville) West End is an old suburb of Townsville, Queensland, situated at the base of Castle Hill. The first community cemetery is located in West End. A reflection of attitudes existing during the time it was in use, research has established that it was ethnically segregated...	Townsville	Independent alternative	8-12.	2006	Website	Operated by Edmund Rice Foundation.
Townsville Grammar School Townsville Grammar School Townsville Grammar School is an independent, co-educational, day, International Baccalaureate and boarding school, located in Townsville, Queensland, Australia....	North Ward North Ward, Queensland North Ward, is a suburb in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. North Ward is home to the beachside area known as The Strand, which overlooks Magnetic Island...	Townsville	Independent	P-12	1888	Website
Whitsunday Anglican School	Beaconsfield	Mackay	Anglican	P-12	1988	Website
Whitsunday Christian College	Cannonvale	Whitsunday	Christian	P-12	1997	Website

Defunct private schools

Name	Suburb	LGA	Category	Years	Opened	Closed	Notes
Gilroy College	Ingham Ingham, Queensland Ingham is a town in the Great Green Way region of North Queensland, Australia. The town was founded in 1864, gazetted a shire in 1879, and is the service centre for many sugarcane plantations, pioneered in the 1870s by William Ingham, for whom the town is named...	Hinchinbrook	Catholic boys	High	1949	1972	Merged into Gilroy Santa Maria College
Heritage High School	Townsville	Townsville	?	High	1978	1989
Holy Family Primary School	Gulliver Gulliver, Queensland Gulliver is a suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.-External links:*...	Townsville	Catholic	Primary	1952	1987	Merged into The Marian School
Immaculate Heart of Mary School	Marian	Mackay	Catholic	Primary	1946	1989
Mount Carmel College	Charters Towers Charters Towers, Queensland Charters Towers is a city in northern Queensland, Australia. It is located 137 kilometres inland from Townsville on the Flinders Highway. In 2006 the population was 7,979 people, some 450 fewer than in the 2001 census. During the last quarter of the 19th century the town boomed as the rich gold...	Charters Towers	Catholic boys	High	1902	1997	Merged into Columba Catholic College Columba Catholic College Columba Catholic College is a private, co-educational, Catholic, day and boarding school located in Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia. It is a school of the Diocese of Townsville....
Mount Isa Christian College	Mount Isa	Mount Isa	Independent	High	1981	2008
Our Lady's Mount College	Townsville Townsville City, Queensland Townsville City is the name of a suburb of the city of Townsville, Queensland, and essentially represents the Central Business District. Townsville CBD is in close proximity to The Strand and Castle Hill-Description:...	Townsville	Catholic boys	High	1911	1970	Moved and became Ignatius Park College
San Jose Secondary School	Mount Isa	Mount Isa	Catholic girls	Secondary	1964	1984	Merged into Good Shepherd Catholic College
St Columba's Primary School	Charters Towers Charters Towers, Queensland Charters Towers is a city in northern Queensland, Australia. It is located 137 kilometres inland from Townsville on the Flinders Highway. In 2006 the population was 7,979 people, some 450 fewer than in the 2001 census. During the last quarter of the 19th century the town boomed as the rich gold...	Charters Towers	Catholic	Primary	1876	1997	Merged into Columba Catholic College Columba Catholic College Columba Catholic College is a private, co-educational, Catholic, day and boarding school located in Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia. It is a school of the Diocese of Townsville....
St John Fisher Christian Brothers College	Currajong	Townsville	Catholic boys	Primary	1952	1987	Merged into The Marian School
St Joseph's School	Giru Giru, Queensland Giru is a small town in Queensland, Australia, situated on the Haughton River 56 km south-east of Townsville. The Bruce Highway bypasses the town. Giru is noted for its sugar mill, crushing some three million tonnes of sugar cane annually, the highest in the Southern Hemisphere...	Burdekin	Catholic	Primary	1945	1998
St Joseph's School	Julia Creek Julia Creek, Queensland Julia Creek is a town in mid northern Queensland, located on the Overlander's Way, the main road between Mount Isa and Townsville. It is west of Townsville, and is located 123 m above sea level. At the 2006 census, Julia Creek had a population of 368....	McKinlay	Catholic	Primary	1955	1995
St Kieran's Christian Brothers College	Mount Isa	Mount Isa	Catholic boys	Secondary	1960	1984	Merged into Good Shepherd Catholic College
St Margaret Mary's Primary School	Hermit Park Hermit Park, Queensland Hermit Park is a suburb and Residential enclave of Townsville, Queensland. It is a mixture of predominantly residential premises, ocmmercial and light-industrial businesses, as well as serving as a public services hub. The Mater Women's and Children's Hospital is a private hospital located in the...	Townsville	Catholic girls	Primary	1936	1987	Merged into The Marian School
St Mary's College	Charters Towers Charters Towers, Queensland Charters Towers is a city in northern Queensland, Australia. It is located 137 kilometres inland from Townsville on the Flinders Highway. In 2006 the population was 7,979 people, some 450 fewer than in the 2001 census. During the last quarter of the 19th century the town boomed as the rich gold...	Charters Towers	Catholic girls	High	1882	1997	Merged into Columba Catholic College Columba Catholic College Columba Catholic College is a private, co-educational, Catholic, day and boarding school located in Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia. It is a school of the Diocese of Townsville....
St Mary's School	West End West End, Queensland (Townsville) West End is an old suburb of Townsville, Queensland, situated at the base of Castle Hill. The first community cemetery is located in West End. A reflection of attitudes existing during the time it was in use, research has established that it was ethnically segregated...	Townsville	Catholic	Primary	1888	1995	Merged into The Marian School
Santa Maria College	Ingham Ingham, Queensland Ingham is a town in the Great Green Way region of North Queensland, Australia. The town was founded in 1864, gazetted a shire in 1879, and is the service centre for many sugarcane plantations, pioneered in the 1870s by William Ingham, for whom the town is named...	Hinchinbrook	Catholic girls	High	1949	1972	Merged into Gilroy Santa Maria College
Townsville Christian Academy	Townsville	Townsville	Ind. Christian	Primary	1983	1991

External links

• Opening and closing dates of Queensland schools, a directory of Government schools in Queensland. (Department of Education and Training - Queensland Government)
• CEO Rockhampton
• CEO Townsville
• About Independent schools at Independent Schools Queensland.