| Type: | suburb |
| East Trinity | |
| State: | qld |
| Coordinates: | -16.9252°N 145.8236°W |
| Local Map: | yes |
| Zoom: | 11 |
| Pop: | 238 |
| Postcode: | 4871 |
| Area: | 94.2 |
| Timezone: | AEST |
| Utc: | +10:00 |
| Dist1: | 9.6 |
| Dir1: | NW |
| Location1: | Yarrabah |
| Dist2: | 28.5 |
| Dir2: | NNE |
| Location2: | Gordonvale |
| Dist3: | 41.9 |
| Dir3: | NE |
| Location3: | Cairns CBD |
| Dist4: | 351 |
| Dir4: | NNW |
| Location4: | Townsville |
| Dist5: | 1682 |
| Dir5: | NNW |
| Location5: | Brisbane |
| Lga: | Cairns Region |
| Stategov: | Mulgrave |
| Fedgov: | Kennedy |
| Near-N: | Coral Sea |
| Near-Ne: | Yarrabah |
| Near-E: | Yarrabah |
| Near-Se: | Green Hill |
| Near-S: | Packers Camp |
| Near-Sw: | Wrights Creek |
| Near-W: | Portsmith |
| Near-Nw: | Cairns City |
East Trinity is a coastal rural locality in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. It was formerly known as Trinity East.[1] In the, East Trinity had a population of 238 people.
The town of Giangurra is on the northern coast of the locality (-16.9033°N 145.8205°W).[2]
The locality of East Trinity has the locality of Glen Boughton enclosed within it.
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.[3]
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.[4] [5]
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):
East Trinity is situated in the Yidinji traditional Aboriginal country.[18]
Prior to 2002, the locality was known as Trinity East.[19]
In 2020, there have been proposals for a satellite city urban development,[20] the construction of a bridge/tunnel linking Cairns City to East Trinity,[21] and eco-tourism proposals.[22]
In the, East Trinity had a population of 111 people.
In the, East Trinity had a population of 212 people.
In the, East Trinity had a population of 238 people.
East Trinity has the following heritage listings:
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.