{{Use Australian English|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{GeoGroup}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Canungra | state = qld | image = CanungraHotel.JPG | caption = The historic Canungra Hotel | coordinates = {{coord|-28.0195|153.1652|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Canungra (town centre)}} | local_map = yes | zoom = 11 | pop = 1436 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name=Census2021/> | established = | postcode = 4275 | area = 29.8 | timezone = AEST | utc = +10:00 | dist1 = 13.2 <!-- road distances as per template instructions --> | dir1 = S | location1 = Tamborine Mountain | dist2 = 26.2 | dir2 = E | location2 = Beaudesert | dist3 = 77.2 | dir3 = S | location3 = Brisbane CBD | dist4 = | dir4 = | location4 = | lga = Scenic Rim Region | stategov = Scenic Rim | fedgov = Wright | near-n = Benobble | near-ne = Witheren | near-e = Witheren | near-se = Witheren | near-s = Sarabah | near-sw = Nindooinbah | near-w = Nindooinbah | near-nw = Biddaddabba }} '''Canungra''' {{IPAc-en|k|ə|ˈ|n|ʌ|ŋ|ɡ|r|ə}}<ref>''Macquarie Dictionary, Fourth Edition'' (2005). Melbourne, The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd. {{ISBN|1-876429-14-3}}</ref> is a rural town and locality in the Scenic Rim Region of South East Queensland, Australia.<ref name=qpnt>{{cite QPN|6109|Canungra|town in Scenic Rim Region|accessdate=29 December 2020}}</ref><ref name=qpnl>{{cite QPN|45124|Canungra|locality in Scenic Rim Region|accessdate=29 December 2020}}</ref> In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Canungra had a population of 1,436 people.<ref name=Census2021/>
== Geography == Located in South East Queensland, Canungra is situated in the Gold Coast hinterland, {{convert|32|km|mi}} west of the Gold Coast and {{convert|75|km|mi}} south of Brisbane.{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}}
Mount Misery is on the north-western boundary of the locality with Biddadaba ({{coord|-28.0145|153.1398|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Misery}}) rising to {{convert|530|m}} above sea level.<ref name="MountainPeaksCapes">{{Cite web|date=12 November 2020|title=Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125215033/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9|archive-date=25 November 2020|access-date=25 November 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}}</ref><ref>{{cite QPN|22302|Mount Misery|mountain in Scenic Rim Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}</ref>
Residents and businesses in Canungra get their water supply from the Canungra Creek, a tributary of the Albert River. The slopes around Canungra are steep and forested, with some cleared farmlands and rural homes in the flatter valley areas.
== History == Nicknamed the "Valley of the Owls", one of the origins of the town's name comes from the Aboriginal word for small owls, "Caningera".<ref name="stories">{{cite book|last=Roberts|first=Beryl|title=Stories of the Southside|publisher=Aussie Books|year=1991|isbn=0-947336-01-X|location=Archerfield, Queensland|page=57}}</ref> The most notable owl found in the area is the Australian boobook owl, which appears in various logos and symbols associated with Canungra. However the word Cunungra comes from the Yugambeh word ''gungunga'' meaning "a long flat or clearing".<ref>{{cite web|title=South-East Queensland Placenames|url=http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/225674/SEQ-Placenames.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029074253/http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/225674/SEQ-Placenames.pdf|archive-date=29 October 2014|access-date=29 October 2014|publisher=State Library of Queensland}}</ref>
Canungra owes its existence to the timber industry and once boasted one of the largest stands of timber in the colony. David Lahey, the father of Romeo Lahey, owned one of Queensland's largest sawmills at Canungra (Lahey's Canungra Sawmill).<ref name="haem">{{cite book |last=Hutton |first=Drew |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dlsbib7EN4AC |title=History of the Australian Environment Movement |author2=Libby Connors |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1999 |isbn=052145686X |page=33 |author-link=Drew Hutton}}</ref>
Canungera Upper Provisional School opened on 21 January 1889 for the children of settlers and sawmill workers. It operated in the School of Arts Hall on the western side of the creek. In 1899, following problems with the termites, the School of Arts Hall was relocated to its current site in Pine Street, where it continued to be used by the school for a short time until land in Finch Street was purchased from Mrs Duncan and the school relocated to that site.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-23 |title=History of the Hall {{!}} Canungra School of Arts Hall |url=https://canungrahall.com/history-of-the-hall/ |access-date=2022-07-15 |language=en-AU |archive-date=15 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715004743/https://canungrahall.com/history-of-the-hall/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On 1 January 1909, it became Canungera Upper State School. In 1912, the name was changed to Canungra State School. In 1962, the school relocated to its present location, which was formerly occupied by the Franklin sawmill and the Canunga railway station and rail yards.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 March 2020 |title=School before 1962 |url=http://resources.canungrass.eq.edu.au/CanungraHistoryWeb/schoolprior1962.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319022228/http://resources.canungrass.eq.edu.au/CanungraHistoryWeb/schoolprior1962.htm |archive-date=19 March 2020 |access-date=15 July 2022 |website=Canungra State School}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=19 March 2020 |title=School after 1962 |url=http://resources.canungrass.eq.edu.au/CanungraHistoryWeb/schoolpost1962.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319022337/http://resources.canungrass.eq.edu.au/CanungraHistoryWeb/schoolpost1962.htm |archive-date=19 March 2020 |access-date=15 July 2022 |website=Canungra State School}}</ref><ref name="qfhs">{{Citation |author1=Queensland Family History Society |title=Queensland schools past and present |publication-date=2010 |edition=Version 1.01 |publisher=Queensland Family History Society |isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}</ref>
In 1900, a Baptist church was opened in Canungra.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Queensland Baptist churches by date of erection/opening|url=https://www.bhsq.org/barq/churches100years/index.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-29|website=Baptist Church Archives Queensland|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126074358/https://www.bhsq.org/barq/churches100years/index.html |archive-date=26 November 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=1900 Canungra|url=https://www.bhsq.org/barq/churches100years/images/1900-Canungra.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-29|website=Baptist Church Archives Queensland|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126080440/https://www.bhsq.org/barq/churches100years/images/1900-Canungra.html |archive-date=26 November 2021 }}</ref>
Canungra Post Office was opened by May 1907 (a receiving office had been open from 1888 under the ownership of Mrs. John Duncan, known at first as ''Canningera Creek'').<ref name = "Post Office">{{Cite web | last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | publisher = Premier Postal Auctions | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&country= | access-date = 10 May 2014 | archive-date = 15 May 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140515223132/http://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD& | url-status = live }}</ref>
From 2 July 1915 until 1 July 1955, the Canungra railway line ran from the Beaudesert line at Logan Village to '''Canungra railway station''' ({{Coord|-28.0179|153.1625|type:railwaystation_region:AU_QLD|display=|name=Canungra railway station (former)}}).<ref>''The Canungra Branch'' Milne, Rod Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, January 1993 pp12-19</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=15 January 1955 |title=6 State Branch Railway lines To Be Closed |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62541376 |accessdate=8 June 2024 |newspaper=Townsville Daily Bulletin |location=Queensland, Australia |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=LXXV}}</ref>
In 1916, the Lahey family built the Bellissima guest house. In 1927 it was sold and extended to become the Canungra Hotel. In 1937 the hotel burned down and rebuilt as the current Canungra Hotel.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our History|url=https://www.visitscenicrim.com.au/about-us/our-history/|access-date=2021-04-23|website=Visit Scenic Rim|language=en-AU|archive-date=18 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318011939/https://www.visitscenicrim.com.au/about-us/our-history/|url-status=live}}</ref>
On 1 May 1916, at the Canungra School of Arts auctioneers Isles, Love & Co offered for sale 107 town lots (30 of them with a cottage) in the Cunungra Township Estate in Pine Street, Duncan Street, Appel Street, Kidston Street, Franklin Street, Tamborine Street, Strachan Street and King Street (approx {{Coord|-28.0197|153.166161|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Canungra township estate}}) to the immediate south-east of the Canungra railway station.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Canungra township (Canungra estate and township)|url=http://hdl.handle.net/10462/comp/1346|date=1916|website=State Library of Queensland|hdl=10462/comp/1346|access-date=26 May 2020|archive-date=24 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424080437/https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite news|date=8 April 1916|title=THE CANUNGRA ESTATE.|page=10|newspaper=The Queenslander|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23604030|via=Trove|access-date=28 May 2020|archive-date=24 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424080434/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23604030|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{cite news|date=1 April 1916|title=Advertising|page=12 (SECOND EDITION)|newspaper=The Telegraph|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article177993117|access-date=28 May 2020|via=Trove|archive-date=24 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424080434/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/177993117|url-status=live}}</ref> On the following day 2 May 1916, 30 farm lots were offered. Some of these lots were located to the west of Canungra Creek from the immediate south-west of the town through to the north almost to Benobble railway station. The bulk of the farm lots were to the west of Canungra Creek extending south of the town but bounded to the east by Coomera River.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> Many of the blocks were sold.<ref>{{cite news|date=5 May 1916|title=CANUNGRA ESTATE AND TOWNSHIP.|page=5|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20134676|via=Trove|access-date=28 May 2020|archive-date=24 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424080434/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/20134676|url-status=live}}</ref>
On Sunday 12 November 1933, Archbishop James Duhig laid the foundation stone for St Mary Margaret's Catholic Church, following a fund-raising campaign that commenced in 1929. On 24 June 1934 Duhig returned to officially open the church in the presence of over 800 people. The church building was designed by J. P. (Jack) Donaghue and erected by B. Robertson.<ref>{{cite news|date=17 November 1933|title=Archbishop Duhig at Canungra|volume=XXVI|page=6|newspaper=The Beaudesert Times|issue=1329|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article216175000|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=24 April 2021|archive-date=24 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424080451/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/216175000|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="srlhr" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|date=2017-08-07|title=St Margaret Mary's, Canungra|url=https://www.stmarysbeaudesert.com/our-churches/st-margaret-marys-canungra/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-24|website=St Mary’s Catholic Parish Beaudesert|language=en-AU|archive-date=24 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424080437/https://www.stmarysbeaudesert.com/our-churches/st-margaret-marys-canungra/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=25 June 1934|title=CANUNGRA'S NEW CHURCH|page=8 (CITY FINAL LAST MINUTE NEWS)|newspaper=The Telegraph|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article182891352|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=24 April 2021|archive-date=24 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424080435/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/182891352|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web|title=St Margaret Mary's Catholic Church|url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/catholic/directory/1669-st-margaret-maryand#39;s-catholic-church|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-24|website=Churches Australia|language=en|archive-date=24 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424080434/https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/catholic/directory/1669-st-margaret-maryand#39;s-catholic-church}}</ref>
On 18 October 1936, St Luke's Church of England was officially opened and dedicated by Archbishop William Wand.<ref>{{cite news|date=19 October 1936|title=NEW CHURCH AT CANUNGRA|page=17|newspaper=The Courier-mail|issue=979|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37029161|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=23 April 2021|archive-date=31 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831061545/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/37029161|url-status=live}}</ref> The building was designed by architect Raymond Clare Nowland and the contractor was Gordon Rhodes, supervised by architect Thomas Percy.<ref name="srlhr" /> It was built in the Old English Gothic style using rose cedar.<ref>{{cite news|date=19 October 1936|title=A VERITABLE CAMEO|page=17|newspaper=The Courier-mail|issue=979|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37029159|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=23 April 2021|archive-date=31 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831061546/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/37029159|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web|title=St Luke's Anglican Church|url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/anglican/directory/1668-st-lukeand#39;s-anglican-church|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-24|website=Churches Australia|language=en|archive-date=31 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831061546/https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/anglican/directory/1668-st-lukeand#39;s-anglican-church}}</ref>
thumb|Honour Board at the School of Arts, Anzac Day 1937 The Honour Board at the School of Arts Hall was unveiled by the Queensland Governor, Sir Matthew Nathan, on 17 June 1922.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20534271 |title=THE FORESTRY PROBLEM. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=19 June 1922 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia |access-date=5 April 2014 |archive-date=24 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424080735/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/20534271 |url-status=live }}</ref> The School of Arts burned down on 3 March 1946.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50277675 |title=Fire Destroys School of Arts. |newspaper=The Courier-Mail |location=Brisbane |date=4 March 1946 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia |access-date=5 April 2014 |archive-date=24 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424080736/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/50277675 |url-status=live }}</ref>
On 25 April 1938, the Canungra War Memorial was unveiled by Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Fassifern, Adolph Gustav Muller.<ref>{{cite web|title=Canungra War Memorial|url=http://www.qldwarmemorials.com.au/Pages/MemoDet.aspx?Memorial=Canungra%20War%20Memorial|publisher=Queensland War Memorial Register|access-date=3 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407092454/http://www.qldwarmemorials.com.au/Pages/MemoDet.aspx?Memorial=Canungra%20War%20Memorial|archive-date=7 April 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
By the 1940s, most of the timber had been cut and sawmills were closing.<ref name="heritage">{{cite book|last=Queensland Environmental Protection Agency|title=Heritage Trails of the Great South East|publisher=State of Queensland|year=2000|isbn=0-7345-1008-X|page=16}}</ref> The historic Laheys Tramway Tunnel is the only remnant of the past sawmilling activities in the area.<ref>''The Canungra and Pine Creek Logging Tramway'' Burke, David Australia Railway Historical Society Bulletin, May/June 1950, pp8-10/24-25</ref> Following this logging era came beef cattle and dairying.
During World War II, Stuartholme School in Brisbane was taken over for use as the United States Army 42nd General Hospital. The students were relocated initially to the Canungra Hotel. After Camp Cable was established at Mount Tamborine, the students were relocated to the Grand Hotel in Southport. <ref name="history">{{Cite web|title=History|url=http://www.stuartholme.com/history.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218163406/http://www.stuartholme.com/history.html|archive-date=18 February 2011|access-date=21 November 2021|website=Stuartholme School}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-06-30 |title=United States Army 42nd General Hospital (Stuartholme School) |url=https://www.ww2places.qld.gov.au/place |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628105646/https://www.ww2places.qld.gov.au/place |archive-date=28 June 2021 |access-date=2021-11-21 |website=Queensland WWII Historic Places |publisher=Queensland Government |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=US Army 42nd General Hospital in Australia during WW2 |url=https://www.ozatwar.com/usarmy/42ndgeneralhospital.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107160712/http://www.ozatwar.com/usarmy/42ndgeneralhospital.htm |archive-date=7 November 2017 |access-date=2021-11-21 |website=www.ozatwar.com}}</ref>
On Saturday 5 June 1954, the Canungra Methodist Memorial Church was officially opened by the Reverend George Edwin Holland, the President of the Methodist Conference of Queensland. The church cost £1500 to build, reusing timber and fittings from the Methodist Church at Wonglepong which was demolished in late 1953 for this purpose. Following the amalgamation of the Methodist Church into the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977, the church became known as Canungra Uniting Church.<ref name="srlhr" /><ref>{{cite news |date=10 June 1949 |title=Memorial church for Canungra |volume=XLI |page=7 |newspaper=The Beaudesert Times |issue=2131 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article216188133 |accessdate=6 September 2022 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=7 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907045427/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/216188133 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 May 1954 |title=New Methodist Church at Canungra |volume=XLVI |page=3 |newspaper=The Beaudesert Times |issue=2387 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article217084810 |accessdate=6 September 2022 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=6 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220906215545/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/217084810 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=11 June 1954 |title=CANUNGRA METHODIST CHURCH |volume=XLVI |page=7 |newspaper=The Beaudesert Times |issue=2389 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article217079756 |url-status=live |accessdate=24 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424080802/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/217079756 |archive-date=24 April 2021 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|title=Canungra Uniting Church|url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/uniting-church-in-australia/directory/1670-canungra-uniting-church|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-24|website=Churches Australia|language=en|archive-date=24 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424080753/https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/uniting-church-in-australia/directory/1670-canungra-uniting-church}}</ref>
== Demographics == In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the locality of Canungra had a population of 1,229 people.<ref name=Census2016>{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC30527|name=Canungra (SSC)|accessdate=20 October 2018|quick=on}}</ref>
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Canungra had a population of 1,436 people.<ref name=Census2021>{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL30523|name=Canungra (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}</ref>
== Heritage listings == thumb|Canungra War Memorial, 2008 thumb|St Luke's Anglican Church Canungra has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * former Canungra Ambulance Station, 13-15 Appel Street<ref name=srlhr/> * Uniting Church, 31 Appel Street<ref name=srlhr/> * Canungra War Memorial, 1-3 Christie Street<ref name=srlhr/> * Lahey's Canungra Tramway Tunnel, Darlington Range Road ({{Coord|-28.0231|153.1718|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Lahey's Canungra Tramway Tunnel}})<ref>{{cite QHR|19652|Lahey's Canungra Tramway Tunnel|602529|access-date=12 July 2013}}</ref> * Lahey's Canungra Sawmill, 10–26 Finch Road<ref>{{cite QHR|30538|Lahey's Canungra Sawmill Complex|700002|access-date=12 July 2013}}</ref> * St Luke's Anglican Church, 15-21 Kidston Street<ref name=srlhr/> * Canungra Police Station Reserve, 33-41 Kidston Street<ref name="srlhr">{{cite web|title=Local Heritage Register|url=http://www.scenicrim.qld.gov.au/documents/717563/41748830/Scenic%20Rim%20Local%20Heritage%20Register.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924094854/http://www.scenicrim.qld.gov.au/documents/717563/41748830/Scenic%20Rim%20Local%20Heritage%20Register.pdf|archive-date=24 September 2015|access-date=9 February 2015|publisher=Scenic Rim Regional Council}}</ref> * St Margaret Mary's Catholic Church, 51-57 Kidston Street<ref name=srlhr/> * Canungra Sports and Recreation Ground (entry gates), Showground Road<ref name=srlhr/>
== Economy == The town is home to a small but growing wine industry.<ref name="scrc">{{cite web|title=Canungra|url=http://www.scenicrim.qld.gov.au/regioninfo/canungra.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130710033603/http://www.scenicrim.qld.gov.au/regioninfo/canungra.shtml|archive-date=10 July 2013|access-date=28 June 2013|publisher=Scenic Rim Regional Council}}</ref>
Cangungra's economy depends on tourism, being a popular destination for short drives from the Gold Coast and Brisbane. Canungra is nestled in the middle of the four major tourist destinations, and is the gateway to the Gold Coast hinterland; Mount Tamborine, Lamington National Park, O'Reilly's Guesthouse and Binna Burra Lodge. The township is also a meeting place for motor bike club rides, hang gliders, paragliders, birdwatchers and bushwalkers who visit the area annually to take advantage of what the Canungra Valley has to offer. A rodeo is organised each year in July.<ref name="scrc" />
== Military base == The nearby locality of Witheren is the location of a large military establishment called the Kokoda Barracks within the Canungra Military Area, which includes the Land Warfare Centre. It was established during World War II and revived in 1954 to train personnel for the South East Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) commitment in Malaya and on through to the end of the Vietnam War.<ref name="heritage" /> The base provides a substantial permanent resident population as well as an ever-changing transient population due to the extensive ongoing training courses on offer at the base.{{cn|date=September 2025}}
== Education == Canungra State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 5-9 Christie Street ({{coord|-28.0169|153.1623|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Canungra State School}}).<ref name="SchoolList2018">{{cite web|date=9 July 2018|title=State and non-state school details|url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|url-status=live|publisher=Queensland Government|accessdate=21 November 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|archivedate=21 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Canungra State School|url=https://canungrass.eq.edu.au/|url-status=live|accessdate=23 April 2021|archive-date=6 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210406165930/https://canungrass.eq.edu.au/}}</ref> In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 346 students with 28 teachers (23 full-time equivalent) and 16 non-teaching staff (9 full-time equivalent).<ref name="ACARA2018">{{cite web|title=ACARA School Profile 2018|url=https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx|publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority|accessdate=28 January 2020|archive-date=27 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827085246/https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx|url-status=live}}</ref> It includes a special education program.<ref name="SchoolList2018" />
There is no secondary school in Canungra. The nearest government secondary schools are Tamborine Mountain State High School in Tamborine Mountain to the north and Beaudesert State High School in Beaudesert to the west.<ref name="globe">{{Queensland Globe|access-date=23 April 2021}}</ref>
== Facilities == Canungra Police Station is at 33 Kidston Street ({{coord|-28.0195|153.1639|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Canungra Police Station}}).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Canungra Station|url=https://www.police.qld.gov.au/station/canungra-station|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-23|website=Queensland Police|archive-date=28 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328043350/https://www.police.qld.gov.au/station/canungra-station}}</ref><ref>{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@-28.0192393,153.1640445,3a,37.5y,204.77h,90.71t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9FQe_g_udXPhMn4eMpdSpw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en|access-date=23 April 2021|title=Canungra Police Station}}</ref><ref name="emergencyservices">{{Cite web|date=18 November 2020|title=Emergency services facilities - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/923a4139-4a79-4744-8955-d73230796bd6|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124224500/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/923a4139-4a79-4744-8955-d73230796bd6|archive-date=24 November 2020|access-date=24 November 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}}</ref>
Canungra Fire Station is at 3 Finch Street ({{coord|-28.0172|153.1658|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Canungra Fire Station}}).<ref>{{Cite web|title=South Eastern Region|url=https://www.qfes.qld.gov.au/about/structure/regions/Pages/ser.aspx|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-23|website=Queensland Fire and Emergency Services|archive-date=5 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205231629/https://www.qfes.qld.gov.au/about/structure/regions/Pages/ser.aspx}}</ref><ref>{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@-28.0171213,153.1656326,3a,33y,100.19h,99.88t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1svaHnJipV-6-h8819mqXYbw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en|access-date=23 April 2021|title=Canungra Fire Station}}</ref><ref name="emergencyservices" />
Canungra Ambulance Station is at 24 Christie Street ({{coord|-28.0166|153.1630|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Canungra Ambulance Station}}).<ref>{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-28.0168686,153.1629462,3a,37.5y,27.39h,91.45t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sWNEJ3hjRLuH9R74XfLRA_w!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DWNEJ3hjRLuH9R74XfLRA_w%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D258.72705%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656|access-date=23 April 2021|title=Canungra Ambulance Station}}</ref><ref name="emergencyservices" />
Although historically in Canungra, Canungra Cemetery is on the corner of Beaudesert Nerang Road and Beechmont Road ({{Coord|-28.0239|153.1771|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Canungra Cemetery}}) in neighbouring Witheren.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|title=Cemetery Locations|url=https://www.scenicrim.qld.gov.au/council-services/cemeteries/cemetery-locations|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-23|website=Scenic Rim Regional Council|language=en|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308151826/https://www.scenicrim.qld.gov.au/council-services/cemeteries/cemetery-locations}}</ref>
== Amenities == thumb|Canungra Uniting Church (former Canungra Methodist Memorial Church), 2005 The Scenic Rim Regional Council Library Service operates a branch library at 12 Kidston Street ({{coord|-28.0180|153.1644|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Canungra Library}}) and provides access to public wifi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/scenic_rim/canungra_library|title=Queensland Public Library Directory|date=28 April 2014|website=Public Libraries Connect|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124135537/http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/scenic_rim/canungra_library|archive-date=24 January 2018|url-status=live|access-date=24 January 2018}}</ref> Current opening hours and services can be found at the Scenic Rim Regional Council website.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scenicrim.qld.gov.au/libraries|title=Libraries - Scenic Rim Regional Council|website=Scenic Rim Regional Council|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124135639/http://www.scenicrim.qld.gov.au/libraries|archive-date=24 January 2018|url-status=live|access-date=24 January 2018}}</ref> Available collections and online resources can be accessed from the online library catalogue.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scenicrim.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/MSGTRN/OPAC/HOME|title=Scenic Rim Library Homepage|website=Scenic Rim Regional Council Library Service|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331132337/http://scenicrim.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/MSGTRN/OPAC/HOME|archive-date=31 March 2018|url-status=live|access-date=24 January 2018}}</ref>
The Canungra Hotel is at 18 Kidston Street ({{Coord|-28.0186|153.1636|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Canungra Hotel}}). It offers accommodation, food and drink.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Welcome to Canungra Hotel|url=https://www.canungrahotel.com.au/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-23|website=www.canungrahotel.com.au|archive-date=12 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312085725/https://www.canungrahotel.com.au/}}</ref>
Canungra Bowls Club is a lawn bowls club at 18 Christie Street ({{coord|-28.0165|153.1624|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Canungra Bowls Club}}).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Canungra Bowls Club|url=https://canungrabowlsclub.com.au/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-23|language=en-AU|archive-date=13 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210313134322/https://canungrabowlsclub.com.au/}}</ref><ref name="BuildingPoints">{{Cite web|date=17 November 2020|title=Building points - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/buildings-queensland-series/resource/7f713bcb-e884-4edc-a292-9b6dfa955d71|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125050838/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/buildings-queensland-series/resource/7f713bcb-e884-4edc-a292-9b6dfa955d71|archive-date=25 November 2020|access-date=25 November 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}}</ref>
Canunga RSL is at 25-29 Pine Street ({{coord|-28.0189|153.1676|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Canunga RSL}}). It provides meals and drinks, with funds raised going to support of Australian military veterans and their families.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Canungra Services Club|url=https://www.visitscenicrim.com.au/eatdrink/pubs/canungra-services-club/|access-date=2021-04-23|website=Visit Scenic Rim|language=en-AU|archive-date=9 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210409062450/https://www.visitscenicrim.com.au/eatdrink/pubs/canungra-services-club/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Canungra Sub Branch Inc|url=https://rslqld.org/about-us/canungra-sub-branch-inc|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-23|website=RSL Queensland|language=en|archive-date=14 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814054505/https://rslqld.org/About-Us/Canungra-Sub-Branch-Inc}}</ref><ref>{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-28.0186082,153.1675852,3a,37.5y,180.73h,93.89t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1syOGqfQtYBtbLHMSfEOH-Jg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656|access-date=23 April 2021|title=Canungra RSL}}</ref><ref name="BuildingPoints" />
St Luke's Anglican Church is at 15-21 Kidston Street ({{Coord|-28.0182|153.1635|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=St Luke's Anglican Church}}). It is within the Anglican Parish of Tamborine Mountain.<ref name="srlhr" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=St Luke's Anglican Church 15-21 Kidston Street Canungra 4275|url=https://apotm.org.au/?page_id=113|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-23|website=Anglican Parish of Tamborine Mountain|language=en-AU|archive-date=12 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412224851/https://apotm.org.au/?page_id=113}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Our Churches {{!}} Anglican Parish of Tamborine Mountain|url=https://apotm.org.au/?page_id=5|access-date=2021-04-23|language=en-AU|archive-date=12 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412224630/https://apotm.org.au/?page_id=5|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-28.0182494,153.1637996,3a,37.5y,294.18h,93.46t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sE7vlDRWDapBzvKB01SRwrg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656|access-date=23 April 2021|title=St Luke's Anglican Church}}</ref><ref name=":7" />
St Mary Margaret's Catholic Church is at 51-57 Kidston Street ({{Coord|-28.0206|153.1649|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=St Mary Margaret's Catholic Church}}).<ref name=":4" /><ref name="srlhr" /><ref name=":6" />
Canungra Uniting Church is at 31 Appel Street ({{Coord|-28.0200|153.1661|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Canungra Uniting Church}}).<ref name="srlhr" /><ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Canungra Uniting Church|url=https://www.canungrauniting.com/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-31|language=en|archive-date=31 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831061612/https://www.canungrauniting.com/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Find a Church|url=https://ucaqld.com.au/find-a-church/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024234524/https://ucaqld.com.au/find-a-church/|archive-date=24 October 2020|access-date=22 November 2020|website=Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod}}</ref>
There are a number of parks in the locality, including:
* D J Smith Park ({{coord|-28.0174|153.1643|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=D J Smith Park}})<ref name="PublicRecreation">{{Cite web|date=20 November 2020|title=Land for public recreation - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/land-for-public-recreation-queensland/resource/d55804bc-f416-478b-8e9a-c12587ce8009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122211519/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/land-for-public-recreation-queensland/resource/d55804bc-f416-478b-8e9a-c12587ce8009|archive-date=22 November 2020|access-date=22 November 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}}</ref> * Moriarty Park ({{coord|-28.0191|153.1592|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Moriarty Park}})<ref name="PublicRecreation" /> Moriatry Park is a community sports centre with facilities for tennis, soccer, cricket, swimming, netball, taekwondo, hang gliding, yoga and dog sports. The hall and grounds are also available for hire.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Moriarty Park {{!}} Sports|url=https://moriartypark.com.au/sports|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-23|website=|publisher=Scenic Rim Regional Council|archive-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321005429/https://www.moriartypark.com.au/sports}}</ref>
== In culture == In Redgum's No. 1 single "I Was Only Nineteen", Canungra is referred to as one of the bases used for training during the Vietnam War. The single was taken from Redgum's 1983 album ''Caught in the Act''.
== Notable residents == * Des Bartlett, wildlife film maker, born in Canungra<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/close-encounters-of-the-natural-kind-20091115-igca.html|title=Close encounters of the natural kind: Des Bartlett, 1937-2009|date=16 November 2009|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420093135/https://www.smh.com.au/national/close-encounters-of-the-natural-kind-20091115-igca.html|archive-date=20 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> * May Darlington Lahey (1889 - 1984), lawyer and judge, born in Canungra<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lahey, May|url=http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE5846b.htm|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-23|website=The Australian Women's Register|language=en-au|archive-date=21 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721215048/http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE5846b.htm}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.womenaustralia.info/lawyers/biogs/AWE5846b.htm|title=Lahey, May - Biographical entry - Australian Women Lawyers as Active Citizens|last=The University of Melbourne|website=www.womenaustralia.info|language=en-gb|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526190746/http://www.womenaustralia.info/lawyers/biogs/AWE5846b.htm|archive-date=26 May 2018|url-status=live|access-date=2018-05-26}}</ref> * Robert Raymond, born in Canungra<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A$cT|title=Robert Raymond's AustLit profile|date=5 June 2007|publisher=AustLit|access-date=26 June 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070909232541/http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A$cT|archive-date=9 September 2007|url-status=live}}</ref>
== See also == * List of tramways in Queensland
== References == {{Reflist|30em}}
== Further reading == * {{cite news|date=22 June 1934|title=50 Years of Progress|volume=XXVI|page=8|newspaper=The Beaudesert Times|issue=1360|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article216139639|via=National Library of Australia}} * {{Citation |title=Canungra and district schools centenary 1889-1989 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/12521856 |publication-date=1989 |publisher=Canungra State School Parents and Citizens Association Centenary Committee}} * {{Citation |author1=Curtis |first=M. |title=Canungra heritage 1879-1979 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/6586170 |publication-date=1979 |publisher=M. Curtis}}
== External links == {{commons category|Canungra, Queensland}} * {{cite web|url=http://queenslandplaces.com.au/canungra|title=Canungra|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland|website=Queensland Places}} * [http://www.chapelhill.homeip.net/FamilyHistory/Photos/Canungra/ Canungra cemetery] * [http://www.canungratimes.com.au The Canungra Times] * {{cite web|url=http://resources.canungrass.eq.edu.au/CanungraHistoryWeb/index1.htm|title=Canungra Time Tunnel|publisher=Canungra State School|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319021548/http://resources.canungrass.eq.edu.au/CanungraHistoryWeb/index1.htm|archive-date=19 March 2020|url-status=dead}}— Local history information and photos * [https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/dls06p/alma99183874721202061 Photographs of Canungra], State Library of Queensland
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