Lower Tully is a rural
locality in the
Cassowary Coast Region,
Queensland, Australia.
In the , Lower Tully had a population of 79 people.
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Geography
The Tully River
The Tully River is a river located in Far North Queensland, Far North Queensland, Australia.
Course and features
The Tully River rises in the Cardwell Range, part of the Great Dividing Range on the northern boundary of the Kirrama State Fores ...
forms the southern boundary of the locality; the river enters the Coral Sea
The Coral Sea () is a marginal sea of the South Pacific off the northeast coast of Australia, and classified as an interim Australian bioregion. The Coral Sea extends down the Australian northeast coast. Most of it is protected by the Fre ...
at neighbouring Tully Heads. The central and southern parts of the locality is freehold farming land, predominantly growing sugarcane
Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with ...
; there is a cane tramway to deliver the sugarcane to the Tully Sugar Mill Tully may refer to:
People
* Tully (surname), origins and history of the Tully surname in Ireland
** List of people with surname Tully
* List of people with given name Tully
* Marcus Tullius Cicero, or Cicero, a Roman philosopher, politician, l ...
at Tully. The northern part of the locality contains the Hull River National Park
Hull River is a national park in Queensland ( Australia), 1275 km northwest of Brisbane. GIS mapping data from Queensland Department of Natural Resources (2002) showed an area of 3,240 hectares, of which about 2,100 hectares are estuarine ...
, taking its name from the Hull River
Hull may refer to:
Structures
* Chassis, of an armored fighting vehicle
* Fuselage, of an aircraft
* Hull (botany), the outer covering of seeds
* Hull (watercraft), the body or frame of a ship
* Submarine hull
Mathematics
* Affine hull, in affi ...
which flows through the northern part of the locality and then enters the Coral Sea at neighbouring Hull Heads
Hull Heads is a coastal town and locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, 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 Hull Rive ...
.
History
Lower Tully State School opened on 15 February 1932.
On Sunday 16 June 1935, the Vicar Apostolic of Cooktown
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns is a diocese of the Catholic Church located in the state of Queensland, Australia. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Brisbane. The diocese was erected as a vicariate apostolic in 1877 and was ...
John Heavey
John Alphonsus Heavey (1868-1948) was a Roman Catholic bishop in Queensland, Australia. He was the Vicar Apostolic of Cooktown and the Roman Catholic Bishop of Cairns.
Early life
Heavey was born on 13 November 1868 in Roundwood, County Wick ...
laid the foundation stone for a Roman Catholic church to be dedicated to Christ, the King; the building was expected to cost £1250. It is not known when the church opened but it was operational by July 1937. Due to a declining congregation and the ease of attending Catholic services in Tully, the church held its last regular Mass on 2 November 1984, although it was used for occasional baptisms and weddings. The church was sold in 1992 to new owners who make the church available for services by any denomination, renaming it "Chapel of the Pioneers". It is on Tully Hull Road (). It is listed on the Cassowary Coast Local Heritage Register.
In the , Lower Tully had a population of 79 people.
Education
Lower Tully State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 6 Collins Road ().
References
Further reading
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External links
{{Cassowary Coast Region
Cassowary Coast Region
Localities in Queensland
Cassowary Coast Local Heritage Places