Wynnum

Wynnum is a coastal suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Wynnum is a coastal suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Wynnum had a population of 12,915. The suburb is a popular destination in Brisbane due to its coastline, jetty and tidal wading pool.

Aboriginal history of Quandamooka (Moreton Bay) stretches back over 25,000 years and Aboriginal connection to the Wynnum area has remained strong throughout European colonisation. Thomas Petrie, a visitor in the 1840s, described Wynnum as a large Aboriginal camp (centred on what is now Elanora Park 27.433°S 153.172°E? / -27.433; 153.172? (Black's Camp), referred to as Black's Camp as late as the 1980s) for launching expeditions to hunt turtle, dugong and flying fox on the neighbouring islands. European settlement first appeared at North Wynnum (around the mouth of Wynnum Creek) at the fringe of Black's Camp.Aboriginal men from Black's Camp helped build the original Wynnum jetty in the 1850s, and in 1886, three local Aboriginal men, 'Johnny Murray, Tommy Nuggin and Sam', saved three European women from drowning in Wynnum Creek. Local Aboriginal people also ran fishing, oyster-catching and turtle hunting enterprises from Wynnum into the early 1900s, with these tours advertised in Brisbane's newspapers. There were some tensions with the European newcomers, including an unprovoked attack by local ruffians on the Aboriginal camp in Wynnum in 1884. Well known Jagera chief 'King Sandy' Kerwalli (aka Gairballie) died at Black's Camp in 1900.The area remained sparsely settled by Europeans until the arrival of the railway in the late 1880s, but then grew fairly rapidly. On Saturday 22 November 1890, 95 subdivided allotments of Wynnum Station Estate were auctioned by R. J. Cottell. A map advertising the auction show them to be near Bridge Street and close to Wynnum Railway Station.On Saturday 20 August 1890 a Wesleyan Methodist church was opened in Wilde Street, the first church built at Wynnum. It was 30 by 20 feet (9.1 by 6.1 m) and built by John Iley Green of Thompson Estate. Having become too small for the congregation, another church was built at 24 Ashton Street (27.4395°S 153.1695°E? / -27.4395; 153.1695? (Wesleyan Methodist / Uniting Church)), which was officially opened on Wednesday 2 April 1902 with the first service being conducted on Sunday 6 April 1902. It was also built by John Iley Green in the Carpenter Gothic style. A Sunday School hall was added in February 1929. In early 1958 the church was closed while it was extended by a further 25 feet (7.6 m) with services being held temporarily in the hall. The church officially re-opened on Sunday 11 April 1958. In June 1977 it became part of the Uniting Church of Australia. Following the amalgmation of a number of local congregations to form the Bayside Uniting Church, the church was closed with a final service on 8 July 1990. It was sold in November 1990 into private ownership for $112,000 and was converted into a residence. On 1 January 2004 the 1902 church building was listed on the Brisbane Heritage Register.In October 1892 the adherents of the Church of England in Wynnum decided to buy half an acre of land in Charlotte Street (now 77 Charlotte Street, 27.4435°S 153.1718°E? / -27.4435; 153.1718? (St Peter's Anglican Church)) for £50 to erect a church. After some years of fund raising, on Saturday 8 October 1896 the foundation stone was laid in the presence of the Bishop of Brisbane William Webber and the Premier of Queensland James Robert Dickson. St Peter's Anglican Church was officially opened and dedicated on Thursday 9 March 1899.

The former Wynnum Shire Council was created in 1902, and twelve years later Wynnum became a municipality with its own town council and the right to elect a mayor. Black's Camp was disbanded in 1908, and the area was redeveloped into Elanora Park in the 1930s. The Wynnum Town Council was absorbed into the enlarged City of Brisbane in 1925.Wynnum State Schoolopened on 24 February 1896. In 1910 it was renamed Wynnum Central State School. It closed on 31 December 2010 as it was amalgamated with Lindum State School and Wynnum North State School in Prospect Street to create a new Wynnum State School.Wynnum North State School was established in 1911. The school originally opened in 1882 as Lytton State School but in 1911 the buildings were relocated from Lytton to Wynnum North on the corner of Tingal Road and Prospect Street (27.4339°S 153.1656°E? / -27.4339; 153.1656? (Wynnum North State School (former))) and the school renamed Wynnum North State School in 1911. It closed on 31 December 2010 as it was amalgamated with Lindum State School and Wynnum Central State School to create a new Wynnum State School.Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School opened on 4 October 1914.

St John's Anglican Church was dedicated circa 1929. It was at 54 Randall Road (approx 27.4551°S 153.1584°E? / -27.4551; 153.1584? (St John's Anglican Church (former))). It closed circa 1995.The Wynnum Seventh-day Adventist Church was established in late 1937 with the first minister being Pastor Septimus Wilfred Carr. Initially they met in private homes and then relocated the Wynnum RSL Hall and then at the Wynnum St Peters Church of England Hall. In 1947 a block of land was purchased at the corner of Sunflower and Carnation Street, Wynnum and in 1948 the Mitchelton Methodist Hall was purchased and moved to the site as the congregations' first church.Wynnum State High School opened on 2 March 1942.In 1956 Anglicans in Wynnum constructed a Sunday school at Primrose Parade (Sibley Road end, approx 27.4409°S 153.1552°E? / -27.4409; 153.1552? (St Margaret's Anglican Church Hall)). In 1964 they constructed a church hall, which was dedicated on 3 May 1964 by Coadjutor Bishop John Hudson as St Margaret's Anglican Church Hall. In 1984 the new St Peter's Anglican Church opened at 77 Charlotte Streetand this led to the closure of St Margaret's Church Hall on 11 August 1985, after which St Margaret's was relocated to Murrarie to become St Clare's Anglican Church and the Primrose Parade site was sold for residential development.Mount Carmel College opened in 1957. It closed on 31 December 1992.St Oswald's Anglican Church in Wynnum North was dedicated circa 1957. It was in Prospect Street. In 1967 this church established the first Meals on Wheels service in Wynnum. The church closed circa 1981.Wynnum North State High School opened on 28 January 1964.The suburb has traditionally boasted a country town atmosphere, but new residential development is resulting in significant population growth and changing demographics. The area is now marked by a mix of character housing and modern housing.

In 1987 Pandanus Beach was constructed by bringing sand from North Stradbroke Island and building rock groynes to try to prevent the sand from being eroded by the action of the waves in the bay. On 26 September 1987 Pandanus Beach was officially opened by Tom Burns, the Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Lytton and resident of Wynnum.Bayside Uniting Church was established in 1990 in Wondall Road, Manly West, combining four Uniting Churches located at:

24 Ashton Street, Wynnum, a former Methodist Church

Kingsley Terrace, Manly, a former Methodist Church

Preston Road, Manly West, a former Methodist Church

Yamboyna Street, Manly, a former Congregational ChurchDue to earlier or later closures, theBayside Uniting Church also incorporated congregations from:

"The Springs" Methodist Church in Manly Road, Manly West

Lota Methodist Church in Ambool Street, Lota

Lindum Methodist Church at Sibley Road, Wynnum West

Hemmant Methodist Church in Hemmant-Tingalpa Road, Hemmant