[1] 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.

[3] White Rock is situated in the Yidinji traditional Aboriginal country.

[4] The geographical feature of White Rock is also known as Jirriwanday in the Yidiny Aboriginal language.

[6] On 11 January 1939 at the Lands Office in Cairns, the Queensland Government auctioned 25 suburban lots mostly of about 2 roods (22,000 sq ft; 2,000 m2) about 16°58′50″S 145°44′43″E / 16.9806°S 145.7452°E / -16.9806; 145.7452 (1939 land sale) to the north of the former White Rock railway station (16°59′03″S 145°44′34″E / 16.9842°S 145.7428°E / -16.9842; 145.7428 (White Rock (Jirriwanday) railway station)).

[7] Trinity Anglican School opened its White Rock Campus on 25 January 1983.