Head of Campus: Timothy McKee
Phone: (07) 4069 4209 | Fax: (07) 4069 4316
Email: the.principal@porumass.eq.edu.au
Campus enrolment: 34 Students
Year Levels: Kindy to Year 6
Community Snapshot
Population: 167*
Cluster: Central Islands
English Name: Coconut Island
Poruma Island is a narrow coral island bounded by shallow fringing coral reefs. It is approximately 1.4kms long with a width of about 400 metres.
The traditional language spoken is the Kalaw Lagaw Ya.
The Poruma Campus has a vision that “Education Holds No Boundaries”. We have a consistent enrolment of around 40 students. Located in William Street, the school was re-built in the late 1980’s and opened in 1987. The school consists of three well maintained buildings - an office, resource centre, three classrooms and an amenities block. There is also a new tuckshop. Our latest programs include a collection of songs, dances, stories and film footage of the culture and traditions of the Islanders on CD and DVD put together by Townsville University’s Dr Karl Neuenfeldt and our Community Gardening Project.
Tidal encroachment in the 1930’s resulted in the emigration of many of the islanders to other islands.
*Source: 2016 Census