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]

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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