Lower Tully, Queensland

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Lower Tully
Queensland
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Catholic Church among the canefields, Lower Tully, 2009
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Lower Tully
Coordinates 17°58′59″S146°00′48″E / 17.9830°S 146.0133°E / -17.9830; 146.0133 (Lower Tully (centre of locality)) Coordinates: 17°58′59″S146°00′48″E / 17.9830°S 146.0133°E / -17.9830; 146.0133 (Lower Tully (centre of locality))
Population79 (2016 census) [1]
 • Density1.946/km2 (5.04/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4854
Area40.6 km2 (15.7 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s) Cassowary Coast Region
State electorate(s) Hinchinbrook
Federal Division(s) Kennedy
Suburbs around Lower Tully:
Mount Mackay Mount Mackay Carmoo
Silky Oak Lower Tully Hull Heads
Rockingham Rockingham Tully Heads

Lower Tully is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2016 census Lower Tully had a population of 79 people. [1]

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Geography

The Tully River forms the southern boundary of the locality; the river enters the Coral Sea at neighbouring Tully Heads. The central and southern parts of the locality is freehold farming land, predominantly growing sugarcane; there is a cane tramway to deliver the sugarcane to the Tully Sugar Mill at Tully. The northern part of the locality contains the Hull River National Park, taking its name from the Hull River which flows through the northern part of the locality and then enters the Coral Sea at neighbouring Hull Heads. [3]

History

Lower Tully State School opened on 15 February 1932. [4]

On Sunday 16 June 1935, the Vicar Apostolic of Cooktown John Heavey laid the foundation stone for a Roman Catholic church to be dedicated to Christ, the King; the building was expected to cost £1250. [5] It is not known when the church opened but it was operational by July 1937. [6]

In the 2016 census Lower Tully had a population of 79 people. [1]

Education

Lower Tully State School is a government co-educational primary (P-6) school at 6 Collins Road. In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 57 students with 6 teachers (4 full-time equivalent) and 7 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent). [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Lower Tully (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ "Lower Tully - locality in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 45720)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  4. ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0
  5. ↑ "CATHOLIC CHURCH". Cairns Post (10, 407). Queensland, Australia. 17 June 1935. p. 5. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2017– via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "LIKES TO SEE PRIESTS TAKE INTEREST IN CIVIC AFFAIRS". The Telegraph . Queensland, Australia. 13 July 1937. p. 2 (CITY FINAL LAST MINUTE NEWS). Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2017– via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "Annual Report 2016" (PDF). Lower Tully State School. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.

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