Hull Heads, Queensland

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]

Hull Heads
Queensland
Hull Heads
Coordinates17.9969°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

Googarra Beach is a second town within the locality on its southern coast (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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gollark: That doesn't mean animals aren't being mean.
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gollark: Whether you *could* do that is a factual question independent (ideally...) of your political views.
gollark: I find that if people can't explain things, they're quite often bad.

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Hull Heads (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  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. "Googarra Beach - town in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 14238)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
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