Trinity Beach is a coastal

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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 ...

in the Cairns Region,

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, Australia. At the , Trinity Beach had a population of 5,488.

Geography

Trinity Beach sand sunshine and coconut palms

Trinity Beach is approximately from the

Cairns city centre Cairns City is a coastal suburb at the centre of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. It is also known as the Cairns Central Business District (CBD). In the , Cairns City had a population of 2,737 people. Geography The suburb i ...

and approximately 6.6 km from Smithfield. Trinity Beach is also a beach stretching for about a mile on the eastern coast of Australia bounded by the

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. The suburb itself is approximately 2 km wide.

History

Trinity Beach is situated in the Djabugay (Tjapukai) traditional

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country. The origin of the suburb name is derived from Trinity Bay. Trinity Beach State School opened on 30 January 1979. At the , Trinity Beach had a population of 4,734.

Education

Trinity Beach State School is a government primary (P-6) school for boys and girls in Wewak Street. In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 923 students with 60 teaching staff (57 full-time equivalent) and 36 non-teaching staff (22 full-time equivalent).

References

External links

University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Trinity Beach
Suburbs of Cairns Beaches of Queensland {{FarNorthQueensland-geo-stub