Hull Heads, Queensland Explained

Type:town
Hull Heads
State:qld
Coordinates:-17.9969°N 146.0702°W
Pop:127
Postcode:4854
Area:17.8
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Dist1:20.8
Dir1:SE
Location1:Tully
Dist2:72
Dir2:S
Location2:Innisfail
Dist3:159
Dir3:S
Location3:Cairns
Dist4:217
Dir4:NNW
Location4:Townsville
Dist5:1548
Dir5:NNW
Location5:Brisbane
Lga:Cassowary Coast Region
Stategov:Hinchinbrook
Fedgov:Kennedy
Near-N:South Mission Beach
Near-Ne:Dunk
Near-E:Coral Sea
Near-Se:Coral Sea
Near-S:Tully Heads
Near-Sw:Tully Heads
Near-W:Lower Tully
Near-Nw:Carmoo

Hull Heads is a coastal town and locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] [2] In the, the locality of Hull Heads had a population of 127 people.

Geography

The locality is mostly located on the southern side of the Hull River with the town of Hull Heads on the southern headland near the mouth of the river.

Googarra Beach is a second town within the locality on the beach near the locality's southern boundary (-18.0072°N 146.0583°W) which has yet to be developed.[3]

History

It was originally named Googarra until renamed Hull by the Queensland Place Names Board on 1 November 1963. The town take its name from the Hull River, which in turn was named after surveyor Alfred Arthur Hull, who worked in the area from 1870 to 1872.[1]

Googarra is believed to be a corruption of the Aboriginal name Galmora, known by Europeans as Jackey Jackey who was a member of Edmund Kennedy's exploration of Cape York Peninsula; the town of Googarra Beach was named by Queensland Place Names Board on 1 November 1963.

Demographics

In the, the locality of Hull Heads had a population of 113 people.

In the, the locality of Hull Heads had a population of 127 people.

Education

There are no schools in Hull Heads. The nearest government primary school is Lower Tully State School in neighbouring Lower Tully to the south-east. The nearest government secondary school is Tully State High School in Tully to the north-west.

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Notes and References

  1. 6 March 2022.
  2. 6 March 2022.
  3. 29 October 2019.