East Trinity is a coastal rural locality in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. It was formerly known as Trinity East.[2] In the 2021 census, East Trinity had a population of 238 people.[1]
The locality of East Trinity has the locality of Glen Boughton enclosed within it.[4]
The northern boundary of East Trinity is the Coral Sea. The western boundary is Trinity Inlet. The south-western boundary is Pine Creek. The eastern boundary is the Murray Prior Range.[5][4]
Parts of the land, water and environment in and around East Trinity have been subject to acid sulfate soil oxidisation. Acid sulfate soil remediation has been implemented to fix the impacts of soil oxidisation to the land, water and environment in East Trinity.[6][7]
Mountains
East Trinity has the following mountains, all of which are in the Murray Prior Range along the locality's eastern boundary (from north to south):
Offshore are a number of bays and headlands (from west to east):
Trinity Bay, to the west of False Cape, named after Trinity Sunday (10 June 1770) by Lieutenant James Cook on the HM Bark Endeavour,[13] including side bays (from west to east):
Prior to 2002, the locality was known as Trinity East.[21]
In 2020, there have been proposals for a satellite city urban development,[22] the construction of a bridge/tunnel linking Cairns City to East Trinity,[23] and eco-tourism proposals.[24]
Demographics
In the 2011 census, East Trinity had a population of 111 people.[25]
In the 2016 census, East Trinity had a population of 212 people.[26]
In the 2021 census, East Trinity had a population of 238 people.[1]
There are no schools in East Trinity. The nearest government primary schools are Yarrabah State School in neighbouring Yarrabah to the north-east and Gordonvale State School in Gordonvale to the south. The nearest government secondary schools are Yarrabah State School (to Year 10 only) and Gordonvale State High School in Gordonvale.[4]
^"East Trinity Reserve". Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.