Trinity Bay State High is a co-educational high school in
Manunda, Queensland
Manunda is a suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Manunda had a population of 5,390 people.
Geography
Manunda is a flat suburb (0–10 metres above sea level). The southern part of Manunda is residential whil ...
, Australia. In 2015, it had an enrolment of about 1650 students across year levels 7 to 12. The school draws from the surrounding “three M” suburbs of
Cairns
Cairns (, ) is a city in Queensland, Australia, on the tropical north east coast of Far North Queensland. The population in June 2019 was 153,952, having grown on average 1.02% annually over the preceding five years. The city is the 5th-most-p ...
(
Manoora,
Manunda
TSMV ''Manunda'' was an ''Australian'' registered and crewed passenger ship which was converted to a hospital ship in 1940. During the war ''Manunda'' saw service in both the Middle East and Pacific Campaigns, specifically New Guinea. She resum ...
and
Mooroobool), in addition to populations in surrounding mortgage belt suburbs. The student population reflects the multicultural nature of the greater city of Cairns and supports just over 100 students in an Intensive English Language program. Approximately 30% of students identify themselves as being indigenous, the majority of these being Torres Strait Islander.
The school's motto was formerly "Endeavour", named after
the ship on which Captain Cook sailed into
Trinity Bay. This was also the name of an incentive scheme at the school, which encouraged the students to set themselves goals and endeavour to achieve them. The current motto is "Academic, Innovative, Caring."
[Trinity Bay State High School website, http://trinitybayshs.eq.edu.au, Accessed 16 July 2014]
See also
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List of schools in Far North Queensland
This is a list of schools in the Far North Queensland region of Queensland, Australia. The region's largest population centre is Cairns. It includes the local government areas of:
* Shire of Aurukun
* Shire of Burke
* Cairns Region
* Shire of ...
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Queensland state high schools
Queensland state schools are government-funded primary schools throughout Queensland, Australia that provide universal free education from Prep to Year 6 (Primary schools). Queensland state schools are funded by the Department of Education. ...
References
External links
Trinity Bay State High School websiteFacebook page
Educational institutions established in 1960
Public high schools in Queensland
Schools in Cairns
1960 establishments in Australia
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