Trinity Park is a coastal suburb of Cairns in the

Cairns Region 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 ...

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, Australia. In the , the population of Trinity Park was 3,105.

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 South Pacific off the northeast coast of Australia, and classified as an interim Australian bioregion. The Coral Sea extends down the Australian northeast coast. Most of it is protected by the Fren ...

, 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 which originates in Cairns and terminates in Mossman, where it joins Mossman-Daintree Road, continuing to Daintree. The Captain Cook Highway is used to connect the CBD of C ...

. 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

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country. The suburb takes its name from

Trinity Bay Trinity Bay may refer to: * MV ''Trinity Bay'', a merchant ship * Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada * Trinity Bay (Queensland), Australia * Trinity Bay (Texas), United States See also * Trinity Bay North * Trinity Bay State High Sch ...

, which was named on

Trinity Sunday Trinity Sunday is the first Sunday after Pentecost in the Western Christian liturgical calendar, and the Sunday of Pentecost in Eastern Christianity. Trinity Sunday celebrates the Christian doctrine of the Trinity, the three Persons of God: the ...

1770 by Lieutenant James Cook RN of

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. Holy Cross School opened on 28 January 1987.

Education

Holy Cross School is a Roman Catholic primary (P-6) school for boys and girls in Reed Road. It is operated by the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns is a diocese of the Catholic Church 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 w ...

. As at 2018, it has an enrolment of 525 students with 36 teachers (33 full-time equivalent) and 33 non-teaching staff (15 full-time equivalent). There are no government schools in Trinity Park but Trinity Beach State School is in neighbouring

Trinity Beach Trinity Beach is a coastal suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. At the , Trinity Beach had a population of 5,488. Geography Trinity Beach is approximately from the Cairns city centre and approximately 6.6 km f ...

and

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 Bea ...

is in neighbouring Smithfield.

Amenities

Yachts in the marina at Trinity Park, 2018 01

There is a marina with 108 berths which connects to Half Moon Creek which leads into the Coral Sea. Holy Cross Catholic Church is in Reed Road. It is within the Northern Beaches Parish of the

References

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