Hull Heads, Queensland

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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; 146.0702Coordinates: 17°59′49″S 146°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]

Googarra Beach is a second town within the locality on its southern coast (

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18°00′26″S 146°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 , which in turn was named after surveyor , 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]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Hull Heads (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "Googarra Beach – town in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 14238)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 October 2019.

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