Hull Heads is a coastal town and

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in the Cassowary Coast Region,

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, Australia. In the , the locality of Hull Heads had a population of 113 people.

Geography

The locality is mostly located on the southern side of the

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with the town of Hull Heads on the southern headland near the mouth of the river. Googarra Beach is a second town within the locality on the beach near the locality's southern boundary () which has yet to be developed.

History

It was originally named Googarra until renamed Hull by the

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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. Googarra is believed to be a corruption of the Aboriginal name Galmora, known by Europeans as

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who was a member of Edmund Kennedy's exploration of

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; the town of Googarra Beach was named by

on 1 November 1963. In the , the locality of Hull Heads had a population of 113 people.

Education

There are no schools in Hull Heads. The nearest government primary school is Lower Tully State School in neighbouring Lower Tully to the south-east. The nearest government secondary school is Tully State High School in Tully to the north-west.

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