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Town in Queensland, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hull Heads is a coastal town and locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2021 census, the locality of Hull Heads had a population of 127 people.[1]
Hull Heads Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 17.9969°S 146.0702°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 127 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 7.13/km2 (18.48/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4854 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 17.8 km2 (6.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
Location |
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LGA(s) | Cassowary Coast Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Hinchinbrook | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Kennedy | ||||||||||||||
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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 (18.0072°S 146.0583°E) which has yet to be developed.[5]
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.[6]
In the 2021 census, the locality of Hull Heads had a population of 127 people.[1]
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]
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