Located just north of Cairns at Wangetti Beach, Cape York Girl Academy is Australia’s first boarding high school designed for young Indigenous mothers and their babies to live and learn together. We also have a cohort of young women who are at risk of disengaging from their education.

All students are supported by qualified trauma-informed staff and graduate with an education and the confidence to be future leaders of their community.

With no education, dysfunctional relationships, high pregnancy rates, low health and low self-worth, many young Cape York women find themselves stuck in a negative intergenerational cycle.

Every girl has the right to a good education, but 84% of Cape York girls do not finish high school.

If you educate a girl in mind, body and spirit, she will learn to be the catalyst of change and break the cycle of disadvantage for her family.

Cape York Girl Academy was born through yarning circles and community consultations with Cape York women who asked for a place for girls to finish their schooling, gain work skills, and better themselves and their children.

Since 2016 we have fostered a collective partnership with families and communities, encouraging all students to reach their potential. This includes:

A culturally-centred curriculum allows continued connections to ancestral language and cultural practices.
Uniquely tailored learning pathways towards tertiary education or employment.
Holistic wrap-around case management tailored to individual students and their babies.

Cape York Girl Academy is a campus of Djarragun College, part of the Cape York Partnership group.

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