Tully Heads is a coastal town and

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in the

Cassowary Coast Region The Cassowary Coast Region is a local government area in the Far North Queensland region of Queensland, Australia, south of Cairns and centred on the towns of Innisfail, Cardwell and Tully. It was created in 2008 from a merger of the Shire ...

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, Australia. In the , the locality of Tully Heads had a population of 354 people.

Geography

The ''

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'' forms the eastern boundary, and 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 ...

'' the southern. The beach Googarra Beach () extends along the locality's coast line extending into Hull Heads to the north. Immediately offshore is

Rockingham Bay Rockingham Bay is a bay in Far North Queensland, Australia. The bay opens onto the Coral Sea, part of the South Pacific Ocean. Adjacent to the bay is the Girramay National Park, south of which is the town of Cardwell. Goold Island is a smal ...

(). It was named on 8 June 1770 by Lieutenant

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on his 1770 voyage on the

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, after Charles Watson-Wentworth, the Second Marquis of Rockingham and former

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History

The town and locality of Tully are named after the

, which in turn was named after surveyor-general

William Alcock Tully William Alcock Tully (14 March 1830 – 26 April 1905) was a Surveyor General of Queensland, (then a colony, now a state of Australia). Early life Tully was born in Dublin, Ireland, the son of William Tully, a captain in the Royal Navy, and hi ...

. in 1963 to 1964, sailor William Willis, at the age of 71, sailed 10,000 miles from South America to Australia single-handing a 34-foot (10.4 m) raft named ''Age Unlimited''. He left

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on 5 July 1963, made a lengthy stop in

Apia Apia () is the Capital (political), capital and largest city of Samoa, as well as the nation's only city. It is located on the central north coast of Upolu, Samoa's second-largest island. Apia falls within the political district (''itūmālō ...

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, and after a total of 204 days at sea, arrived near Tully Heads, completing his voyage on 9 September 1964. He was severely injured on his arrival, being paralysed from the waist down, and was rescued by teacher Hendrik Jan Penning, a resident of Tully Heads. On 3 February 2011, Tully Heads suffered extensive damage when

Cyclone Yasi Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi () was a powerful and destructive tropical cyclone that made landfall in northern Queensland, Australia in early 2011, causing major damage to the affected areas. Originating as a tropical low near Fiji on 26 Janu ...

made landfall, causing a

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. In the , the locality of Tully Heads had a population of 354 people.

Education

There are no school in Tully Heads. The nearest government primary school is Lower Tully State School in neighbouring Lower Tully to the west. The nearest government secondary school is

Tully State High School Tully is a town and locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It is adjacent to the Bruce Highway, approximately south of Cairns by road and north of Townsville. At the , the population was 2,390. Tully is perhaps best kno ...

in Tully to the north-west.

Amenities

There is a boat ramp in Galmahra Street into Mosquito Creek, a tributary of the Tully River (). It is managed by the

Cassowary Coast Regional Council The Cassowary Coast Region is a local government area in the Far North Queensland region of Queensland, Australia, south of Cairns and centred on the towns of Innisfail, Cardwell and Tully. It was created in 2008 from a merger of the Sh ...

References

External links

* {{authority control Towns in Queensland Cassowary Coast Region Coastline of Queensland Localities in Queensland