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The 30 Catholic schools and colleges of the Diocese of Cairns in Far North Queensland are located from Waibeni (Thursday Island) in the Torres Strait, in and around the Cairns area, west to the Atherton Tablelands and south to Innisfail and Tully on the Cassowary Coast.

We have two Prep to Year 12 colleges, 20 primary schools and 8 secondary colleges (see table below).

The most recent school to open is Newman Catholic College, Smithfield which opened in 2022 with Year 7 and will grow a year level each year until Year 12 is reached in 2027. It is the first Catholic school in Australia to be co-located with a university, at James Cook University’s Cairns campus.

In 2016, St Joseph’s Parish School, Weipa opened with Prep to Year 6 and MacKillop Catholic College, Mount Peter also opened that year in the Cairns southern growth corridor. MacKillop will offer Prep to Year 12 by 2025. Our youth assistance college, Holy Spirit College opened its Cooktown and Cairns (Manoora) campuses in 2015, with the Edmonton campus opening in 2021.

SCHOOLS P-6 7-12 P-12 Youth Assistance Day & Boarding All Boys All Girls OSHCare

Cairns Suburban Region

Bentley Park

St Therese’s School

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Cairns City

St Monica’s College

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Earlville

Our Lady Help of Christians School

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Gordonvale

St Michael’s School

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Edmonton

Holy Spirit College

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Manunda

St Francis Xavier’s School

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Manoora

Holy Spirit College

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Mount Peter

MacKillop Catholic College

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North Cairns

Mother of Good Counsel School

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Parramatta Park

St Augustine’s College

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Parramatta Park

St Joseph’s School

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Redlynch

St Andrew’s Catholic College

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Smithfield

Newman Catholic College

(opened 2022)

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Trinity Park

Holy Cross School

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Woree

St Gerard Majella School

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Woree

St Mary’s Catholic College

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Northern Region

Cooktown

Holy Spirit College

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Waibeni (Thursday Island)

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School

(Kiriri – Hammond Island campus P-3)

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Mossman

St Augustine’s School

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Weipa

St Joseph’s Parish School

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Atherton Tablelands Region

Atherton

St Joseph’s School

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Dimbulah

St Anthony’s School

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Herberton

Mount St Bernard College

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Mareeba

St Stephen’s Catholic College

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Mareeba

St Thomas’ School

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Ravenshoe

St Teresa’s School

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Innisfail / Johnstone Region

Babinda

St Rita’s School

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Innisfail

Good Counsel College

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Innisfail

Good Counsel Primary School

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Silkwood

St John’s School

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South Johnstone

St Rita’s School

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Tully

St Clare’s School

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