Mundingburra is a suburb of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the , Mundingburra had a population of 3,620 people. Geography Mundingburra is predominantly a residential suburb that is situated on the bank of the Ross River, adjacent to the suburb of Aitkenvale. Aplin's Weir crosses the Ross River between Mundingburra and Annandale (). The Electoral district of Mundingburra which the suburb is situated in, is named after the suburb. History Mundingburra State School opened on 22 September 1884. St Anne’s Church of England Girls’ School opened on 1 January 1917 with an initial enrolment of 71 students at 103 Walker Street in the Townsville CBD (now occupied by the Townsville City Council centre). It was operated by the Society of the Sacred Advent. From 1942 to 1945 during World War II when a Japanese invasion was feared, the school was evacuated to Ravenswood while the Women’s Auxiliary Australian Air Force occupied the school's facilities in Townsville. In 1953, the need for expand results in the purchase of of land in Mundingburra, where the foundation stone is laid in 1956. The Mundingburra site is officially opened on 13 April 1958 with the move to the new site taking place at the end of August 1958. In 1978, the Sisters of the Sacred Advent leave the school, passing control to the Anglican Diocese of Townsville which appoints Neil Tucker as the school's first lay principal and first male principal. In 1980 the school is fully co-educational and, to reflect this, the school is renamed as The Cathedral School of St Anne & St James (where St James being the name of Townsville's Anglican cathedral). The Cathedral School of St. Anne & St. James and celebrated its centenary in 2017. St Joseph's Catholic School was established in 1924 in Norris Street in Hermit Park by the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. In 1936, the school was relocated to its current site in Mundingburra. The Sisters' involvement with the school ceased at the end of 1991; it now operates with lay staff. Mundingburra South Special School opened on 1981 and closed on 12 December 1986. Mundingburra Special School opened on 27 January 1987 and closed in December 2001, to reopen on January 2002 at the same location as Townsville Community Learning Centre as a merger with Aitkenvale Special School in neighbouring Aitkenvale. In the , Mundingburra had