Murri School

The Aboriginal and Islander Independent Community School (the Murri School) has been operating since 1986 and is the only independent Aboriginal-owned and controlled school in Queensland.

Last year the Murri School moved to its first permanent ”˜home’ in Acacia Ridge, where it plans to expand from a primary school to include secondary education, and a range of community-based education and training services for the local community.

The Murri School has been widely recognised for its successes in literacy and numeracy education with primary school-aged students. It enjoys an extremely high reputation among educators, funding agencies and the various ATSI communities, in part because it recognises that cultural participation is an integral part of education.