Wynnum, Queensland

File:Moreton Bay Morning.jpg, North Stradbroke Island and mangroves from Wynnum]]

Wynnum is on the shores of Moreton Bay in Brisbane, Australia, about {{convert|19.6|km|mi}} by road east of the Brisbane GPO.{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/Australia+Post+-+Brisbane+GPO+Post+Shop,+261+Queen+St,+Brisbane+City+QLD+4000/Wynnum+QLD+4178/@-27.4447819,153.0288869,19548m/am=t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m15!4m14!1m5!1m1!1s0x6b915a1ce986c647:0x607f6d20ee939285!2m2!1d153.0279547!2d-27.4679272!1m5!1m1!1s0x6b915fb07ce95fb9:0x502a35af3de9ef0!2m2!1d153.173618!2d-27.443694!3e0!5i1|title=Brisbane GPO to Wynnum|access-date=20 March 2022}}

Wynnum likely derives from a Durubalic word meaning pandanus palm (aka 'breadfruit'){{Cite book |last=Kerkhove |first=Raymond |url=https://coolumcoastcare.org.au/media/2017/07/Pandanus-Digital-Booklet.pdf |title=THE PANDANUS: HISTORIC OCCURRENCE AND ABORIGINAL USES: MORETON TO WIDE BAY DISTRICTS |date=2017}} or mud crab{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}}.

Aboriginal history of Quandamooka (Moreton Bay) stretches back over 25,000 years{{Cite book|last=Hall|first=J|title=A Working Model of Moreton Island Prehistory: MRAP Stage 1|year=1977|citeseerx=10.1.1.909.4614|url=https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.909.4614&rep=rep1&type=pdf|access-date=22 August 2020|archive-date=18 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718050718/https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.909.4614&rep=rep1&type=pdf|url-status=live}} and Aboriginal connection to the Wynnum area (Originally Winnam{{cite web |last1=Downes |first1=Kirsten |title=Quandamooka Country Map |url=https://quandamookacoast.com.au/about/quandamooka-country-map/ |website=quandamookacoast.com.au |access-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409090626/https://quandamookacoast.com.au/about/quandamooka-country-map/ |archive-date=9 April 2023 |language=en |url-status=live}}) 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 {{coord|-27.433|153.172|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=inline|name=Black's Camp}}, referred to as Black's Camp as late as the 1980s{{Cite journal|title=Wednesday, 13 May 1981|url=https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/documents/hansard/1981/1981_05_13.pdf|journal=Queensland Parliamentary Debates Hansard|pages=1268|access-date=24 August 2020|archive-date=15 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915190023/https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/documents/hansard/1981/1981_05_13.pdf|url-status=live}}) for launching expeditions to hunt turtle, dugong and flying fox on the neighbouring islands.{{Cite journal|last=Kerkhove|first=Ray|date=2018|title=Aboriginal camps as urban foundations? Evidence from southern Queensland|url=http://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/n4634/pdf/article07.pdf|journal=Aboriginal History|volume=42|pages=141–172|doi=10.22459/AH.42.2018.07|access-date=23 August 2020|archive-date=2 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802233231/http://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/n4634/pdf/article07.pdf|url-status=live|doi-access=free}} 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.{{Cite news|date=20 February 1886|page=24|title=Western Traffic Deviation|work=The Capricornian (Rockhampton)|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/66317050?searchTerm=%22and%20they%20put%20into%20wynnum%20creek%22|url-status=live|access-date=23 August 2020|archive-date=24 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824020244/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/66317050?searchTerm=%22and+they+put+into+wynnum+creek%22}} 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.{{Cite journal |last=Kerkhove |first=Ray |title=Wynnum Notes and Quotes |url=https://www.academia.edu/40369208 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824020049/https://www.academia.edu/40369208/Wynnum_Notes_and_Quotes |archive-date=24 August 2020 |access-date=22 August 2020}} There were some tensions with the European newcomers, including an unprovoked attack by local ruffians on the Aboriginal camp in Wynnum in 1884.{{Cite news|date=2 January 1884|page=4|work=The Brisbane Courier|title=The competitive designs...|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3425590?searchTerm=%22East%20Wynnum%22%20aboriginals|url-status=live|access-date=23 August 2020|archive-date=24 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824020337/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3425590?searchTerm=%22East+Wynnum%22+aboriginals}} Well known Jagera chief 'King Sandy' Kerwalli (aka Gairballie) died at Black's Camp in 1900.{{Cite web|last=Jones|first=Ryan|title=Wynnum Camp|url=https://mappingbrisbanehistory.com.au/stage1/wynnum-camp-145/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824020230/https://mappingbrisbanehistory.com.au/stage1/wynnum-camp-145/|archive-date=24 August 2020|access-date=2020-08-23|website=Mapping Brisbane History|language=en-AU}}

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.{{Cite SLQ-CC-BY|url=http://hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/251871|title=Wynnum State Estate|website=State Library of Queensland|access-date=5 June 2020}}{{cite news|date=18 November 1890|title=Advertising|page=8 (Second Edition)|newspaper=The Telegraph|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article172338611|url-status=live|access-date=5 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824020242/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/172338611|archive-date=24 August 2020|via=Trove}}

On 20 August 1890, a Wesleyan Methodist church was opened in Wilde Street, the first church built at Wynnum. It was {{Convert|30 by 20|ft}} and built by John Iley Green of Thompson Estate.{{cite news|date=2 September 1890|title=A NEW WESLEYAN CHURCH.|volume=XLVII|page=7|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|issue=10,182|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3517708|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=18 July 2021|archive-date=18 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718050642/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3517708|url-status=live}} Having become too small for the congregation, another church was built at 24 Ashton Street ({{Coord|-27.4395|153.1695|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=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.{{cite news|date=15 April 1902|title=WYNNUM METHODISTS.|volume=LVIII|page=6|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|issue=13,808|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19157784|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=18 July 2021|archive-date=26 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226215813/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/19157784|url-status=live}} A Sunday School hall was added in February 1929. In early 1958 the church was closed while it was extended by a further {{Convert|25|ft}} 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 amalgamation 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.{{Cite news|last=Bela|first=Debra|date=18 July 2021|title=Home really is a slice of heaven|pages=68–69|work=The Sunday Mail}}{{Cite web|title=24 Ashton Street, Wynnum Qld 4178|url=https://www.realestate.com.au/property/24-ashton-st-wynnum-qld-4178|access-date=18 July 2021|website=Realestate.com.au|archive-date=18 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718035438/https://www.realestate.com.au/property/24-ashton-st-wynnum-qld-4178|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=History of the establishment of the Bayside Uniting Church|url=https://www.bayuca.org.au/images/Downloads/History%20of%20Methodist%20Churches%20in%20Wynnum%20area.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=18 July 2021|website=Bayside Uniting Church|pages=13–18|archive-date=20 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520053032/https://www.bayuca.org.au/images/Downloads/History%20of%20Methodist%20Churches%20in%20Wynnum%20area.pdf}} 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, {{Coord|-27.4435|153.1718|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=St Peter's Anglican Church}}) for £50 to erect a church.{{cite news|date=14 October 1892|title=TO-DAY.—OCTOBER 14 |volume=XLIX |page=4|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|issue=10,843|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3549503|access-date=14 September 2020|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=15 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915190025/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3549503|url-status=live}} 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 Dickson.{{cite news|date=10 October 1898|title=New Anglican Church.|page=4|newspaper=The Telegraph|issue=8,078|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article174333268|access-date=14 September 2020|via=National Library of Australia}} St Peter's Anglican Church was officially opened and dedicated on Thursday 9 March 1899.{{cite news|date=9 March 1899|title=Anglican Church, Wynnum.|page=5|newspaper=The Telegraph|issue=8,207|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article173356891|url-status=live|access-date=15 September 2020|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=15 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915190033/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/173356891}}

Wynnum State School opened on 24 February 1896. In 1910 it was renamed Wynnum Central State School.{{Citation|author1=Queensland Family History Society|title=Queensland schools past and present|date=2010|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}} It was at 105 Florence Street ({{Coord|-27.4442|153.1724|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Wynnum Central State School (former)}}).{{Cite web |date=1983 |title=Wynnum |url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-10000-9543-21-wynnum-1983.jpg |access-date=8 April 2022 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map |archive-date=8 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408062332/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-10000-9543-21-wynnum-1983.jpg |url-status=live }} 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 on the site for the former Wynnum North State High School (which relocated to Wynnum West, reopening as Brisbane Bayside State College).{{Cite QldSchool|access-date=13 October 2020}}{{Cite web |date=2020-04-06 |title=History |url=https://wynnumss.eq.edu.au/our-school/history |access-date=2022-03-20 |website=Wynnum State School |language=en |archive-date=6 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306055017/https://wynnumss.eq.edu.au/our-school/history |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=20 August 2013 |title=Queensland state school - centre closures |url=https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/tp/2013/5413T3241.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320144902/https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/tp/2013/5413T3241.pdf |archive-date=20 March 2022 |access-date=6 April 2022 |website=Queensland Government}} Wynnum Central State School's website was archived.{{Cite web |date=2011-02-16 |title=Wynnum Central State School - Home |url=http://wynncentss.eq.edu.au/wcmss/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110216102044/http://wynncentss.eq.edu.au/wcmss/ |archive-date=16 February 2011 |access-date=2022-04-08 |website=Wynnum Central State School}}

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.Mangroves to Moorings Revisited, Myrtle Beitz, 2005File:StateLibQld 1 186483 Street in Wynnum, Brisbane, ca. 1889.jpgWynnum 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 ({{Coord|-27.4339|153.1656|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Wynnum North State School (former)}}) and the school renamed Wynnum North State School in 1911.{{Cite web|date=2019-05-29|title=Friends and memories celebrated at Wynnum North State School reunion|url=https://www.redlandcitybulletin.com.au/story/6184848/friends-and-memories-celebrated-at-wynnum-north-state-school-reunion/|access-date=2021-02-26|website=Redland City Bulletin|language=en-AU|archive-date=6 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406055653/https://www.redlandcitybulletin.com.au/story/6184848/friends-and-memories-celebrated-at-wynnum-north-state-school-reunion/|url-status=live}} 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. Wynnum North State School's website was archived.{{Cite web |date=2011-02-17 |title=Wynnum North State School - Home |url=http://wynnorthss.eq.edu.au/wcmss/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217223325/http://wynnorthss.eq.edu.au/wcmss/ |archive-date=17 February 2011 |access-date=2022-04-08 |website=Wynnum North State School}}

In 1912, a Baptist church opened in Wynnum.{{Cite web|title=Queensland Baptist churches by date of erection/opening|url=https://www.bhsq.org/barq/churches100years/index.html|access-date=2021-11-29|website=Baptist Church Archives Queensland|archive-date=26 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126074653/https://www.bhsq.org/barq/churches100years/index.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=1912 Wynnum|url=https://www.bhsq.org/barq/churches100years/images/1912-Wynnum.html|access-date=2021-11-29|website=Baptist Church Archives Queensland|archive-date=26 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126080557/https://www.bhsq.org/barq/churches100years/images/1912-Wynnum.html|url-status=live}} Prior to the opening of the church, Baptist services were held in the Wynnum Shire Hall. Having purchased 3 allotments in Edith Street, a stump-capping ceremony was held on Sunday 13 October 1912.{{cite news|date=14 October 1912|title=METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS.|page=8|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|issue=17,084|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19844348|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=29 November 2021|archive-date=26 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226215651/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/19844348|url-status=live}} The dedication ceremony for the completed church was held on Saturday 21 December 1912.{{cite news|date=24 December 1912|title=METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS.|page=10|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|issue=17,145|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19830889|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=29 November 2021|archive-date=26 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226215639/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/19830889|url-status=live}} As the congregation grew, the need to enlarge the church resulted in a decision in 1930 to relocate the church building to 168 Bay Terrace on land donated by couple Edward Robert and Catherine Harriet Humphreys (members of the congregation). The building is still extant and listed on the Brisbane Heritage Register, but no longer in use as a church.{{Cite web|title=Wynnum Baptist Church (former) {{!}} Heritage Places|url=https://heritage.brisbane.qld.gov.au/heritage-places/1887|access-date=2021-11-29|website=heritage.brisbane.qld.gov.au|archive-date=26 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226215706/https://heritage.brisbane.qld.gov.au/heritage-places/1887|url-status=live}}{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@-27.4451953,153.1751212,3a,37.5y,47.31h,93.1t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1syULO7t6QNQBtzo7LtsOIjA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192|access-date=29 November 2021|title=168 Bay Terrace, Wynnum QLD 4178}}{{Cite web|title=1930 Wynnum|url=https://www.bhsq.org/barq/churches100years/images/1930-Wynnum.html|access-date=2021-11-29|website=Baptist Church Archives Queensland|archive-date=26 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126075222/https://www.bhsq.org/barq/churches100years/images/1930-Wynnum.html|url-status=live}}

Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School was officially opened by Archbishop James Duhig on Sunday 4 October 1914.{{cite news |date=5 October 1914 |title=Catholic School at Wynnum. |page=6 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |issue=17,698 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19987842 |via=National Library of Australia |accessdate=20 March 2022 |archive-date=20 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320032926/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/19987842 |url-status=live }} It was operated by the Sisters of Mercy. The first principal was Sister Mary Winifred who commenced lessons on Monday 5 October 1914. By the end of 1914, the school had an enrolment of 73 students.{{Cite web |date=2020-12-11 |title=Guardian Angels' School, Wynnum |url=https://celebrate.qcec.catholic.edu.au/blog/guardian-angels-school-wynnum/ |access-date=2022-03-20 |website=Celebrating 175 Catholic Education |language=en-AU |archive-date=10 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410073607/https://celebrate.qcec.catholic.edu.au/blog/guardian-angels-school-wynnum/ |url-status=live }} In 2004, the school expanded to a second campus,{{Where|date=March 2022}} formerly occupied by Mount Carmel Catholic Secondary School (which relocated to Thornlands).{{Cite web |title=Our School |url=http://www.guardianangelswynnum.qld.edu.au/our-school/Pages/default.aspx |access-date=2022-03-20 |website=Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School |archive-date=6 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306084549/http://www.guardianangelswynnum.qld.edu.au/our-school/Pages/default.aspx |url-status=live }}

In November 1914, the Wynnum Sports Ground Estate was advertised as being available for sale on the ground by Cameron Bros.{{Cite web |date=2022-11-07 |title=1914 Wynnum Sports Ground Estate |url=https://suburbmaps.com/blogs/news/1914-wynnum-sports-ground-estate |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=Suburb Maps |language=en}} In July 1921, Wavell's Vineyard Estate was advertised as being available for sale by public auction on the ground by Isles, Love & Co.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-16 |title=1921 Wavell's Vineyard Estate |url=https://suburbmaps.com/blogs/news/1921-wynnum-wavells-vineyard-estate |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=Suburb Maps |language=en}}

{{Anchor|Wynnum Church of Christ}}A congregation of the Church of Christ began meeting in the home of Mr and Mrs A. Hinrichsen in Bride Street, who then donated land in Mary Street (now 55 Berrima Street, {{Coord|-27.4410|153.1719|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Wynnum Church of Christ (former)}}) for a chapel. On Saturday 12 December 1925, the congregation built most of the chapel in a day with the assistance of members of other congregations (about 60 men were involved).{{cite news |date=12 December 1925 |title=CHURCH NEWS. |page=8 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |issue=21,181 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20985186 |via=National Library of Australia |accessdate=27 May 2022}}{{cite news |date=14 December 1925 |title=ERECTING A CHURCH. |page=6 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |issue=21,182 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20985788 |via=National Library of Australia |accessdate=27 May 2022}}{{cite news |date=15 December 1925 |title=HARRISVILLE. |page=11 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |issue=21,183 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20986083 |via=National Library of Australia |accessdate=27 May 2022 |archive-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527045554/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/20986083 |url-status=live }} The opening service was held on Sunday 20 December 1925.{{cite news |date=19 December 1925 |title=THE CHURCHES. |page=7 |newspaper=Daily Standard |issue=4039 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article185558113 |via=National Library of Australia |accessdate=27 May 2022 |archive-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527045554/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/185558113 |url-status=live }} In March 1930, a hall was built adjoining the chapel, doubling the floor area.{{cite news |date=10 March 1930 |title=BY VOLUNTEER LABOUR |page=8 |newspaper=The Telegraph |issue=17,866 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article184167140 |via=National Library of Australia |accessdate=27 May 2022 |archive-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527045554/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/184167140 |url-status=live }} The interior of the chapel was refurbished in 1972.{{Citation |author1=Haigh, George |title=Churches of Christ in Queensland : 100 years venturing in faith |pages=124–126 |publication-date=1983 |publisher=Historical Committee, Conference of Churches of Christ in Queensland |isbn=978-0-909116-38-5 |author2=Churches of Christ in Queensland|year=1983 }} Due to declining attendances and rising costs, the chapel held its final service on Sunday 29 September 2013.{{Cite web |last=Alston |first=Josh |date=3 October 2013 |title=Suburban churches around Wynnum closing due to falling numbers and rising costs |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/southeast/suburban-churches-around-wynnum--closing-due-to-falling-numbers-and-rising-costs-/news-story/ad265d0ff457506bac6219b90614b8d8 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527042509/https://www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/southeast/suburban-churches-around-wynnum--closing-due-to-falling-numbers-and-rising-costs-/news-story/ad265d0ff457506bac6219b90614b8d8?nk=41a16da7daa0a3f29c032f9061ffae6a-1653625508 |archive-date=2022-05-27 |access-date=27 May 2022 |website=Quest News (South-East)}}

St John's Anglican Church was dedicated circa 1929. It was at 54 Randall Road (approx {{Coord|-27.4551|153.1584|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=St John's Anglican Church (former)}}).{{Cite book|author1=Universal Business Directories (Aust.) Pty. Ltd|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/9955730|title=UBD street directory. Brisbane|publisher=Universal Business Directories (Australia)|date=1990|access-date=15 September 2020|archive-date=24 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824020550/https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/9955730|url-status=live}} It closed circa 1995.

On 9 January 1932, a stump-capping ceremony was held for a new Presbyterian Church in Tingal Road. The 1918 church was demolished so it might be remodelled as the new church.{{cite news|date=10 January 1932|title=STUMPS CAPPED|page=15|newspaper=Sunday Mail|issue=450|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article97927928|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=27 December 2021|archive-date=26 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226215758/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/97927928|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=11 January 1932|title=NEW CHURCH.|page=10|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|issue=23,073|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21770866|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=27 December 2021|archive-date=26 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226215656/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/21770866|url-status=live}}File:StateLibQld 2 67291 Ladies watching the boats at Wynnum Jetty, Brisbane, ca. 1907.jpgThe 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 held at 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.{{Cite web|url=http://sqheritage.adventist.org.au/wynnum-history|title=Short History of Wynnum Seventh-day Adventist Church|website=South Queensland Adventist Heritage|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217095539/http://sqheritage.adventist.org.au/wynnum-history|archive-date=17 February 2017|access-date=13 March 2017}}

On 21 August 1941, the Minister for Works and Education, Harry Bruce, laid the foundation stone for Wynnum State High School.{{cite news |date=21 August 1941 |title=Minister Lays Foundation Stone of Wynnum High |page=5 (CITY FINAL LAST MINUTE NEWS) |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article172636970 |via=National Library of Australia |accessdate=20 March 2022 |archive-date=20 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320032927/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/172636970 |url-status=live }} The school was to occupy part of Russell Park (now Memorial Park) which had belonged to the Brisbane City Council.{{cite news |date=23 January 1941 |title=£28,387 for New Wynnum High School |page=4 (CITY FINAL LAST MINUTE NEWS) |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article172720388 |via=National Library of Australia |accessdate=20 March 2022 |archive-date=20 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320032928/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/172720388 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |date=24 January 1941 |title=NEW HIGH SCHOOL FOR WYNNUM. |page=8 (DAILY.) |newspaper=Queensland Times |issue=16901 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article114170008 |via=National Library of Australia |accessdate=20 March 2022 |archive-date=20 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320032928/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/114170008 |url-status=live }} In return for giving up part of the park, the Queensland Government gave the council the land which is Primose Park today.{{Cite web |date=2020-05-08 |title=History |url=https://wynnumshs.eq.edu.au/our-school/history |access-date=2022-03-20 |website=Wynnum State High School |language=en |archive-date=6 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306055010/https://wynnumshs.eq.edu.au/our-school/history |url-status=live }} Wynnum State High School was completed in time to open in February 1942, but, due to fears of a Japanese invasion, the Queensland Government delayed the re-opening of schools that year.{{cite news |date=2 February 1942 |title=WYNNUM HIGH SCHOOL |page=5 |newspaper=The Courier-mail |issue=2625 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50137823 |via=National Library of Australia |accessdate=20 March 2022 |archive-date=20 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320032929/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/50137823 |url-status=live }} The school finally opened on 2 March 1942, but it was not until Saturday 3 July 1943 that the school was officially opened by the Minister for Education, Arthur Jones.{{cite news |date=2 July 1943 |title=Official Opening Of Wynnum High School |page=6 (CITY FINAL LAST MINUTE NEWS) |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article186318529 |via=National Library of Australia |accessdate=20 March 2022 |archive-date=20 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320032928/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/186318529 |url-status=live }}

In 1956, Anglicans in Wynnum constructed a Sunday school at Primrose Parade (Sibley Road end, approx {{Coord|-27.4409|153.1552|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=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 Street and this led to the closure of St Margaret's Church Hall on 11 August 1985, after which St Margaret's was relocated to Murarrie to become St Clare's Anglican Church and the Primrose Parade site was sold for residential development.{{Cite web |title=Closed Churches|url=https://www.anglicanarchives.org.au/churches/|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403003329/https://www.anglicanarchives.org.au/churches/|archive-date=3 April 2019|access-date=24 February 2019|website=Anglican Church of Southern Queensland}}{{Cite web|last1=Beitz|first1=Myrtle|last2=Greenhill|first2=Jill|date=May 2010|title=St Margaret's Anglican Church Hall|url=http://www.wmhs.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2010_May.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914083155/http://www.wmhs.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2010_May.pdf|archive-date=14 September 2020|access-date=14 September 2020|website=Newsletter|publisher=Wynnum Manly Historical Society|pages=6–7}}

Mount Carmel Catholic Secondary School College opened in 1957. It closed on 31 December 1992, when it relocated to Thornlands, re-opening as Carmel College.{{Cite web |title=Our Story |url=http://www.carmelcollege.qld.edu.au/aboutus/Pages/Our-Story.aspx |access-date=2022-03-20 |website=Carmel College |archive-date=3 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303143938/http://www.carmelcollege.qld.edu.au/aboutus/Pages/Our-Story.aspx |url-status=live }}

St Oswald's Anglican Church in Wynnum North was dedicated circa 1957. It was in Prospect Street.{{Cite book|title=Gregory's Street Directory of Brisbane and Suburbs and Metropolitan Road Guide|year=1975|edition=11|pages=108}} In 1967, this church established the first Meals on Wheels service in Wynnum.{{Cite web|title=Pioneering Wynnum Volunteer Still Delivering Meals-on-Wheels Even After 50 Years |url=https://wynnumtoday.com.au/pioneering-wynnum-volunteer-still-delivering-meals-on-wheels-even-after-50-years/|access-date=2020-09-14|website=Wynnum Today|language=en-AU|archive-date=14 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914200837/https://wynnumtoday.com.au/pioneering-wynnum-volunteer-still-delivering-meals-on-wheels-even-after-50-years/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=February 2016|title=First week's operations successful|url=http://www.wmhs.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/2016_February.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200309134813/http://www.wmhs.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/2016_February.pdf|archive-date=9 March 2020|access-date=15 September 2020|website=Newsletter|publisher=Wynnum Manly Historical Society|page=6}} The church closed circa 1981.

Wynnum North State High School opened on 28 January 1964. It was at 2287 Wynnum Road ({{coord|-27.4407|153.1614|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Wynnum North State High School (former)}}).{{Cite web |title=Wynnum North State High School |url=https://www.education.net.au/education/WYNNUM-NORTH-STATE-HIGH-SCHOOL/4174/ |access-date=2022-03-20 |website=The National Education Directory of Australia |archive-date=14 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110414115338/http://www.education.net.au/education/WYNNUM-NORTH-STATE-HIGH-SCHOOL/4174/ |url-status=live }} It relocated at the start of 2010, reopening as Brisbane Bayside State College in Wynnum West.{{Cite QldSchool|accessdate=19 March 2022}} Its original site on Wynnum Road was then redeveloped for the new Wynnum State School.

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.{{Cite journal|date=July 2007|title=The Development of Beaches in Wynnum Manly |url=http://www.wmhs.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/2017_July.pdf|journal=Newsletter|publisher=Wynnum Manly Historical Society|issue=74|pages=6|access-date=28 September 2020|archive-date=28 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928022547/http://www.wmhs.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/2017_July.pdf|url-status=live}}

Bayside Uniting Church was established in 1990 in Wondall Road, Manly West, combining four Uniting Churches located at:{{Cite web|title=Who We Are|url=https://www.bayuca.org.au/who-we-are|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-20|website=Bayside United Church|archive-date=5 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305144525/https://www.bayuca.org.au/who-we-are}}{{Cite web|last=Nicholson|first=Cherrie|date=December 2016|title=History of the establishment of the Bayside Uniting Church and its Methodist Church predecessors|url=https://www.bayuca.org.au/images/Downloads/History%20of%20Methodist%20Churches%20in%20Wynnum%20area.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=26 December 2021|website=Bayside Uniting Church|archive-date=20 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520053032/https://www.bayuca.org.au/images/Downloads/History%20of%20Methodist%20Churches%20in%20Wynnum%20area.pdf}}

• 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 Church

Due to earlier or later closures, the Bayside 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, opened 1963, last service on 7 September 2013, demolished 2016 to build an aged care facility{{Cite web |last=Blake |first=Thom |title=Lindum Methodist Church |url=https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=2129 |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=Queensland religious places database |archive-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527045600/https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=2129 |url-status=live }}
• Hemmant Methodist Church in Hemmant-Tingalpa Road, Hemmant

In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, Wynnum had a population of 12,229 people, 51.1% female and 48.9% male. The median age of the Wynnum population was 40 years, 3 years above the Australian median. 73.7% of people living in Wynnum were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were New Zealand 6.2%, England 5.3%, Philippines 0.9%, Scotland 0.8%, South Africa 0.5%. 88.9% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.5% Tagalog, 0.4% German, 0.4% Vietnamese, 0.3% Filipino, 0.3% Spanish.{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC31830|name=Wynnum (SSC)|access-date=31 January 2017|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Wynnum had a population of 12,915 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC33217|name=Wynnum (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Wynnum had a population of 14,036 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL33188|name=Wynnum (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

File:Wynnum Hall viewed from Bay Terrace, Wynnum (6282382756).jpg

Wynnum has a number of heritage-listed sites on the Queensland Heritage Register and Brisbane Heritage Register, including:

• 84 Alkoomie Street: Wilnecote{{cite BrisbaneHR|1883|Wilnecote|accessdate=9 March 2020}}
• 82 Andrew Street: Christadelphian Ecclesia of Wynnum Central{{cite BrisbaneHR|1884|Christadelphian Ecclesia of Wynnum Central|accessdate=9 March 2020}}
• 24 Ashton Street: former Wynnum Methodist Church{{cite BrisbaneHR|1885|Wynnum Methodist Church (former)|accessdate=9 March 2020}}
• 155 Bay Terrace: former Wynnum Post Office{{cite BrisbaneHR|1886|Wynnum Post Office (former)|accessdate=9 March 2020}}
• 168 Bay Terrace: Wynnum Baptist Church{{cite BrisbaneHR|1887|Wynnum Baptist Church|accessdate=9 March 2020}}
• 198 Bay Terrace: Guardian Angels Catholic Church{{cite BrisbaneHR|1888|Guardian Angels Catholic Church|accessdate=9 March 2020}}
• 199 Bay Terrace: Mount Carmel Convent{{cite QHR|16470|Mount Carmel Convent|601730|access-date=6 July 2013}}
• 219 Bay Terrace: Wynnum Community Centre (Former Wynnum School of Arts){{cite BrisbaneHR|1890|Wynnum Community Centre (Former Wynnum School of Arts)|accessdate=9 March 2020}}
• 238 Bay Terrace: former Wynnum Presbyterian Church{{cite BrisbaneHR|1891|Wynnum Presbyterian Church (former)|accessdate=9 March 2020}}
• 249 Bay Terrace: Cranleigh Lodge{{cite BrisbaneHR|1892|Cranleigh Lodge|accessdate=9 March 2020}}
• 55 Berrima Street: Church of Christ{{cite BrisbaneHR|1893|Church of Christ|accessdate=9 March 2020}}
• 75 Berrima Street: Waterloo Bay Hotel{{cite QHR|16469|Waterloo Bay Hotel|601729|access-date=6 July 2013}}
• 20 Bridge Street: Kitchener Park{{cite BrisbaneHR|1911|Kitchener Park|accessdate=9 March 2020}}
• 77 Buderim Street: Wynnum State High School (also known as Wynnum State High and Intermediate School, Wynnum High and Intermediate School, Wynnum High School)
• 105 Buderim Street: Wynnum Memorial Park{{cite BrisbaneHR|1895|Wynnum Memorial Park|accessdate=9 March 2020}}
• 128 Dibar Street: Anzac Cottage No. 48 (also known as Hart){{cite BrisbaneHR|2238|Anzac Cottage No. 48|accessdate=9 March 2020}}
• 105 Florence Street: Wynnum Central State School (also known as Wynnum State School){{cite BrisbaneHR|1896|Wynnum Central State School|accessdate=9 March 2020}}
• Fox Street ({{coord|-27.4377|153.1731|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Fox Street Bridge}}): Fox Street Bridge{{cite BrisbaneHR|1897|Fox Street Bridge|accessdate=9 March 2020}}
• 67 Glenora Street: 67 Glenora Street, Wynnum{{cite BrisbaneHR|1898|67 Glenora Street, Wynnum|accessdate=9 March 2020}}
• 17 Kingsley Terrace: Tower House{{cite BrisbaneHR|2546|Tower House|accessdate=9 March 2020}}
• 39 Mountjoy Terrace: former Wynnum Fire Station{{cite QHR|16879|Wynnum Fire Station (former)|602143|access-date=6 July 2013}}
• 56 Mountjoy Terrace: Tingalpa (also known as Stratford Villa){{cite BrisbaneHR|1901|Tingalpa|accessdate=9 March 2020}}
• Peel Street ({{coord|-27.4543|153.1763|region:AU-QLD_type:edu|display=inline|name=Wynnum State High School}}): Wynnum State High School Block A{{cite QHR|Wynnum State High School|650059|access-date=8 November 2020}}
• 101 Petersen Street: Moreton House{{cite BrisbaneHR|1902|Moreton House|accessdate=9 March 2020}}
• 38 Stradbroke Avenue: Wynnum Golf Course{{cite BrisbaneHR|1903|Wynnum Golf Course|accessdate=9 March 2020}}
• 25 Sunflower Street: Adventist Church{{cite BrisbaneHR|1904|Adventist Church|accessdate=9 March 2020}}
• Tingal Road ({{coord|-27.4432|153.1689|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Kitchener Memorial}}): Kitchener Memorial{{cite BrisbaneHR|1899|Kitchener Memorial|accessdate=9 March 2020}}
• 3 Tingal Road: Wynnum Masonic Hall{{cite BrisbaneHR|1905|Wynnum Masonic Hall|accessdate=9 March 2020}}
• 33 Tingal Road: former Wynnum Ambulance Station{{cite QHR|16515|Wynnum Ambulance Station (former)|601778|access-date=6 July 2013}}
• 229 Tingal Road: Shire Clerk's Cottage{{cite BrisbaneHR|1907|Shire Clerk's Cottage|accessdate=9 March 2020}}
• 245 Tingal Road: Pamphlett Memorial (also known as Kitchener Memorial){{cite BrisbaneHR|1908|Pamphlett Memorial|accessdate=9 March 2020}}
• 400 Tingal Road: Wynnum North State School{{cite BrisbaneHR|1914|Wynnum North State School|accessdate=9 March 2020}}
• 416 Tingal Road ({{coord|-27.4332|153.1657|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Bus Shelter}}): Bus Shelter{{cite BrisbaneHR|1909|Bus Shelter|accessdate=9 March 2020}}
• 45 Wassell Street: Anzac Cottage No. 34{{cite BrisbaneHR|2551|Anzac Cottage No. 34|accessdate=9 March 2020}}
• 66 Wassell Street: Interwar-era house {{cite BrisbaneHR|1910|66 Wassell Street, Wynnum|accessdate=9 March 2020}}
• 75 Waterloo Esplanade: Britannia{{cite BrisbaneHR|2042|Britannia|accessdate=9 March 2020}}
• Wynnum Esplanade ({{coord|-27.4425|153.1771|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Wynnum Wading Pool Reserve}}): Wynnum Wading Pool (also known as Manly Wading Pool){{cite QHR|16776|Wynnum Wading Pool Reserve|602040|access-date=6 July 2013}}
• 2311 Wynnum Road: Cooroona{{cite BrisbaneHR|2046|Cooroona|accessdate=9 March 2020}}
• 2333 Wynnum Road: Woodlands{{cite BrisbaneHR|2047|Woodlands|accessdate=9 March 2020}}
• 271 Wynnum North Road: Brierley{{cite BrisbaneHR|1912|Brierley|accessdate=9 March 2020}}
• 272 Wynnum North Road: Nazareth House{{cite QHR|16154|Nazareth House|601391|access-date=6 July 2013}}

Wynnum State School is a government primary (Early Childhood to Year 6) school for boys and girls at 81 Boxgrove Avenue ({{coord|-27.4416|153.1602|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Wynnum State School}}).{{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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|archive-date=21 November 2018|access-date=21 November 2018|publisher=Queensland Government}}{{Cite web |date=2020-04-06 |title=Wynnum State School |url=https://wynnumss.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=2022-03-20 |website=Wynnum State School |language=en |archive-date=6 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306053833/https://wynnumss.eq.edu.au/ |url-status=live }} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 754 students with 57 teachers (51 full-time equivalent) and 36 non-teaching staff (22 full-time equivalent).{{cite web|title=ACARA School Profile 2018|url=https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx|access-date=28 January 2020|publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority|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}} It includes a special education program.

Guardian Angels' Primary School is a Catholic primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 188 Bay Terrace ({{coord|-27.4458|153.1758|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Guardian Angels' Primary School}}).{{Cite web |title=Welcome to Guardian Angels' Wynnum |url=http://www.guardianangelswynnum.qld.edu.au/Pages/default.aspx |access-date=2022-03-20 |website=Guardian Angels' Wynnum Catholic Primary School |archive-date=15 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315163926/http://www.guardianangelswynnum.qld.edu.au/Pages/default.aspx |url-status=live }} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 546 students with 40 teachers (34 full-time equivalent) and 25 non-teaching staff (15 full-time equivalent).

Wynnum State High School is a government secondary (7–12) school for boys and girls at Peel Street ({{coord|-27.4549|153.1766|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Wynnum State High School}}).{{Cite web |date=2020-05-08 |title=Wynnum State High School |url=https://wynnumshs.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=2022-03-20 |website=Wynnum State High School |language=en |archive-date=6 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306054703/https://wynnumshs.eq.edu.au/ |url-status=live }} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 875 students with 78 teachers (75 full-time equivalent) and 30 non-teaching staff (24 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program.

Moreton Bay Environmental Education Centre is a special purpose school facility at 162 Stradbroke Avenue ({{coord|-27.4411|153.1635|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Moreton Bay Environmental Education Centre}}).{{Cite web |date=2020-10-07 |title=Moreton Bay Environmental Education Centre |url=https://moretoneec.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=2022-03-20 |website=Moreton Bay Environmental Education Centre |language=en |archive-date=18 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018214122/https://moretoneec.eq.edu.au/ |url-status=live }} The centre provides environmental and cultural experiences for school students both on-site and at 10 other significant locations in the bayside area.{{Cite web |date=2020-10-07 |title=Our environment |url=https://moretoneec.eq.edu.au/our-environment |access-date=2022-03-20 |website=Moreton Bay Environmental Education Centre |language=en |archive-date=2 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302175021/https://moretoneec.eq.edu.au/our-environment |url-status=live }}

The Brisbane City Council operates a public library located at 145 Florence Street.{{Cite web|url=http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/brisbane/wynnum_library|title=Wynnum Library|date=15 December 2017|website=Public Libraries Connect|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129141153/http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/brisbane/wynnum_library|archive-date=29 January 2018|url-status=live|access-date=29 January 2018|df=dmy-all}} The library opened in 1946 with a major refurbishment in 2016 and offers publicly accessible Wi-Fi.{{Cite web|url=http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|title=Queensland Public Libraries Statistical Bulletin|date=November 2017|website=Public Libraries Connect|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130022546/http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|archive-date=30 January 2018|url-status=live|access-date=29 January 2018|df=dmy-all}}

The Bay Belles branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at the Wynnum RSL at 174 Tingal Road ({{Coord|-27.4438|153.1694|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Wynnum RSL Club}}).{{Cite web |title=Branch Locations |url=http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226010724/http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/ |archive-date=26 December 2018 |access-date=26 December 2018 |publisher=Queensland Country Women's Association}}

The Bayside Parklands provide public access to {{Convert|16|km||abbr=}} of shoreline including mangroves, mudflats and wetlands. Many migratory shorebirds can be seen from the parklands as Moreton Bay is a Ramsar site. Next to the Wynnum Wading Pool which has a playground and water park and the Wynnum Jetty, there is a man-made beach called Pandanus Beach.{{Cite web|title=Bayside Parklands|url=https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/clean-and-green/natural-environment-and-water/bushland-reserves/bayside-parklands|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928020742/https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/clean-and-green/natural-environment-and-water/bushland-reserves/bayside-parklands|archive-date=28 September 2020|access-date=2020-09-28|website=Brisbane City Council}}

File:Wynnum 1929.jpg

Wynnum has a number of long-established sporting clubs, such as Wynnum Seagulls Rugby League Club, Wynnum Golf Club, Wynnum District SC (Wolves FC Soccer Club - since 1921), Wynnum Manly District Cricket Club, Wynnum Bugs Rugby Union Club, Bayside United Soccer Club and Wynnum Vikings Australian Rules Football Club.

The Queensland Women's Cricket Association was founded in the 1920s, but only began formally in 1929 with the Wynnum Women's Cricket team. In this team Edna Newfong and Mabel Crouch were chosen as players, the first Aboriginal women to represent Australia in any sport. It was a major achievement in the 1930s as Aboriginal women had to face both racist and sexist disadvantages, all the while being under the control of the Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act 1897, which legally restricted civil rights to Aboriginal people.{{Cite SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/mabel-crouch-campbell-and-edna-newfong-crouch-queensland-women-cricketing-greats|title=Mabel Crouch (Campbell) and Edna Newfong (Crouch). Queensland Women Cricketing Greats.|author=Tania Schafer, Librarian, Queensland Memory|date=8 March 2021|website=John Oxley Library Blog|access-date=19 May 2021}}

Wynnum Esplanade hosts Wynnum parkrun every Saturday – a free weekly {{convert|5|km|mi}} walk/run which attracts many participants. Recreational clubs include the Wynnum Manly Leagues Club and the RSL. The Wynnum foreshore is a popular swimming and picnic spot for Brisbane families especially at weekends.

File:Wynnum Railway Station.jpgWynnum is served by three stations on the Cleveland railway line. Wynnum North railway station, Wynnum railway station and Wynnum Central railway station provide access to regular Queensland Rail City network services to Brisbane and Cleveland.

The following were either born or have lived at some time in Wynnum:

• Joe Andon – CEO of Vuly Play
• Warner Batchelor – boxer
• Paul Bishop – actor and politician
• Quentin Bryce – former Governor General of Australia
• Matthew Cameron – paralympian
• Kay Danes – human rights activist, memoirist
• Paul Green – rugby league player and coach
• Dorothy Hewett – author
• Bradley Mark – paralympic shooter
• Hamar Midgley – zoologist
• John Newfong – journalist and writer
• Wayne Perske – golfer
• Arthur Postle – athlete
• 'King Sandy' [https://ia.anu.edu.au/biography/kerwalli-32071] / Kerwalli – Elder of the Jagera People
• Kyle Sandilands – radio host
• Hugh Scott – architect

{{Wide image|Views - Wynnum - Jan 2017.jpg|700px|The suburb of Wynnum from Moreton Bay}}

{{Reflist}}

• {{Citation|title=St. Peter's Wynnum: diamond jubilee, 1899-1974|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/12478565|date=1974|publisher=The Parish}}
• {{Citation|author1=Hughes, Peter D|title=Fishers of men: a history of the Anglican Church of Saint Peter's Wynnum, 1899-1999|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/191099592|date=1999|publisher=[Cooroy, Qld.] printed by Queensland Media Print|author2=Hogan, Thelma}}

{{Commons category|Wynnum, Queensland}}

• [https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080522140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/57116/20080523-0000/www.brisbites.com/suburbViewe864.html?suburb=89&topic=1 Brisbites: Suburban Sites: Wynnum (via Pandora)]{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
• [http://queenslandplaces.com.au/wynnum University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Wynnum]
• [http://www.brisbane-stories.webcentral.com.au/wmhistory/ Wynnum-Manly History: A Virtual Heritage Trail (Brisbane Stories)]
• [http://www.yourbrisbanepastandpresent.com/search?q=wynnum Your Brisbane Past and Present]
• [https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/mabel-crouch-campbell-and-edna-newfong-crouch-queensland-women-cricketing-greats Mabel Crouch (Campbell) and Edna Newfong (Crouch). Queensland Women Cricketing Greats].
• {{Cite web|date=2015|title=Wander through Wynnum|url=https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/sites/default/files/20150722_-_wander_through_wynnum.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109023127/https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/sites/default/files/20150722_-_wander_through_wynnum.pdf|archive-date=9 November 2021|website=Brisbane heritage trails|publisher=Brisbane City Council}}

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