[5] St Anne's Church of England Girls’ School opened on 1 January 1917 with an initial enrolment of 71 students at 103 Walker Street in the Townsville CBD (now occupied by the Townsville City Council centre).

In 1953, the need for expand results in the purchase of 23 acres (9.3 ha) of land in Mundingburra, where the foundation stone is laid in 1956.

In 1978, the Sisters of the Sacred Advent leave the school, passing control to the Anglican Diocese of Townsville which appoints Neil Tucker as the school's first lay principal and first male principal.

The Sisters' involvement with the school ceased at the end of 1991; it now operates with lay staff.

[9] Mundingburra Special School opened on 27 January 1987 and closed in December 2001, to reopen in January 2002 at the same location as Townsville Community Learning Centre as a merger with Aitkenvale Special School in neighbouring Aitkenvale.

Townsville Community Learning Centre is a special-education primary and secondary (Prep-12) school for boys and girls at 78 Thompson Street (19°18′13″S 146°46′37″E / 19.3037°S 146.7769°E / -19.3037; 146.7769 (Townsville Community Learning Centre - A State Special School)).

[13][18] It also offers Early Childhood and Kindergarten programs and boarding facilities from Year 7 to 12.