White Rock, Queensland (Cairns Region)

White Rock is a suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia.
Geography.
The Bruce Highway and the North Coast Railway Line form the western boundary of the suburb with Skeleton Creek and Smiths Creek (tributaries of the Trinity Inlet) forming the southern and eastern boundary respectively.
History.
White Rock is situated in the Yidinji traditional Aboriginal country. The geographical feature of White Rock is also known as Jirriwanday in the Yidiny Aboriginal language.
The origin of the suburb name is from a historical railway station named after the geographical feature located in Lamb Range. 
On 11 January 1939 at the Lands Office in Cairns, the Queensland Government auctioned 25 suburban lots mostly of about about to the north of the former White Rock railway station ().
Trinity Anglican School opened its White Rock Campus on 25 January 1983.
White Rock State School opened on 25 January 1988.
Education.
Trinity Anglican School caters for students from Kindergarten through to Year 12; it has another campus at Kewarra Beach.
White Rock State School is a government co-educational primary school (P-6) on Progress Road. In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 522 students with 39 teachers (35 full-time equivalent) and 28 non-teaching staff (19 full-time equivalent).