Hull Heads
Queensland
Hull Heads is located in Queensland
Hull Heads
Hull Heads
Coordinates17°59′49″S 146°04′13″E / 17.9969°S 146.0702°E / -17.9969; 146.0702 (Hull Heads (town centre))
Population113 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density6.35/km2 (16.44/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4854
Area17.8 km2 (6.9 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Cassowary Coast Region
State electorate(s)Hinchinbrook
Federal division(s)Kennedy
Localities around Hull Heads:
Carmoo South Mission Beach Dunk
Lower Tully Hull Heads Coral Sea
Tully Heads Tully Heads Coral Sea

Hull Heads is a coastal town and locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2016 census, the locality of Hull Heads had a population of 113 people.[1]

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.[4]

Googarra Beach is a second town within the locality on the beach near the locality's southern boundary (18°00′26″S 146°03′30″E / 18.0072°S 146.0583°E / -18.0072; 146.0583 (Googarra Beach, Queensland)) which has yet to be developed.[5]

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.[2]

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.[5]

In the 2016 census, the locality of Hull Heads had a population of 113 people.[1]

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.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Hull Heads (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Hull Heads – town in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 16422)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "Hull Heads – locality in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 45709)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Googarra Beach – town in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 14238)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
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