Hull Heads, Queensland

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Hull Heads
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Hull Heads
Coordinates 17°59′49″S146°04′13″E / 17.9969°S 146.0702°E / -17.9969; 146.0702 Coordinates: 17°59′49″S146°04′13″E / 17.9969°S 146.0702°E / -17.9969; 146.0702
Population113 (2016 census) [1]
 • Density6.35/km2 (16.44/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4854
Area17.8 km2 (6.9 sq mi)
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, Hull Heads had a population of 113 people. [1]

Contents

Googarra Beach is a second town within the locality on its southern coast ( 18°00′26″S146°03′30″E / 18.0072°S 146.0583°E / -18.0072; 146.0583 (Googarra Beach, Queensland) ) which failed to develop. [4]

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. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Hull Heads (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 "Hull Heads – town in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 16422)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "Hull Heads – locality in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 45709)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Googarra Beach – town in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 14238)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 29 October 2019.
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