Trinity Park is a coastal

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Cairns Cairns (; ) is a city in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia, on the tropical north east coast of Far North Queensland. In the , Cairns had a population of 153,181 people. The city was founded in 1876 and named after William Cairns, Sir W ...

in the

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, Australia. In the , Trinity Park had a population of 3,536 people.

Geography

Trinity Park is one of Cairns' northern suburbs. It is bounded to the north-east by the

Coral Sea The Coral Sea () is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean, South Pacific off the northeast coast of Australia, and classified as an Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia, interim Australian bioregion. The Coral Sea extends down t ...

, to the east by Half Moon Creek and to the west by the

Captain Cook Highway The Captain Cook Highway is a short, regional highway in Queensland that originates in Cairns and terminates in Mossman, where it joins Mossman-Daintree Road, continuing to Daintree. It is a state-controlled regional road (number 20A). The ...

. The land is low-lying flat land (below 10 metres above sea level). The western half of the suburb is freehold land, mostly developed as residential housing. The eastern half of the suburb remains

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and is not developed.

History

Trinity Park is situated in the Djabugay (Tjapukai) traditional Aboriginal country. The suburb takes its name from Trinity Bay, which was named on

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1770 by Lieutenant

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RN of

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. Holy Cross School opened on 28 January 1987.

Demographics

In the , Trinity Park had a population of 3,105 people. In the , Trinity Park had a population of 3,536 people.

Education

Holy Cross School is a Catholic primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 191-201 Reed Road (). It is operated by the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns is located in the state of Queensland, Australia. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Brisbane. The diocese was erected as a vicariate apostolic in 1877 and was elevated to a diocese in 1941. It ...

. In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 535 students with 35 teachers (34 full-time equivalent) and 25 non-teaching staff (17 full-time equivalent). There are no government schools in Trinity Park. The nearest government primary school is Trinity Beach State School in neighbouring

Trinity Beach Trinity Beach is a coastal suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Trinity Beach had a population of 6,594 people. Geography Trinity Beach is approximately from the Cairns city centre and approximately 6.6&nb ...

to the north. The nearest government secondary school is

Smithfield State High School Smithfield State High School is a secondary school located in Smithfield, Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Smithfield State High School operates as an independent public secondary school and is known for its unique partnership with Trinity Beac ...

is in neighbouring Smithfield to the west.

Amenities

Holy Cross Catholic Church is in Reed Road () adjacent to the school. It is within the Northern Beaches Parish of the

. Bluewater Marina has 108 berths and connects to Half Moon Creek which leads into the Coral Sea. It is on Harbour Drive (). There is a public boat ramp and floating walkway at Bluewater Marina. It is accessed from Schooner Road (). It is managed by the

Cairns Regional Council The Cairns Region is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Queensland, Australia, centred on the regional city of Cairns. It was established in 2008 by the amalgamation of the City of Cairns and the Shires of Douglas and Mulgrave. ...

References

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