Lower Tully, Queensland

Coordinates: 17°58′59″S 146°00′48″E / 17.9830°S 146.0133°E / -17.9830; 146.0133 (Lower Tully (centre of locality))
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Lower Tully
Federal division(s)
Kennedy
Suburbs around Lower Tully:
Mount Mackay Mount Mackay Carmoo
Silky Oak Lower Tully Hull Heads
Rockingham Rockingham Tully Heads

Lower Tully is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Lower Tully had a population of 88 people.[1]

Geography

The

Hull Heads.[3]

History

Lower Tully State School opened on 15 February 1932.[4]

On Sunday 16 June 1935, the

Cassowary Coast Local Heritage Register.[8]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Lower Tully had a population of 79 people.[9]

In the 2021 census, Lower Tully had a population of 88 people.[1]

Education

Lower Tully State School, 2022
Outdoor area at the school, 2022

Lower Tully State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 6 Collins Road (17°59′43″S 146°00′02″E / 17.9952°S 146.0005°E / -17.9952; 146.0005 (Lower Tully State School)).[10][11] In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 57 students with 6 teachers (4 full-time equivalent) and 7 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent).[12] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 56 students with 5 teachers (3 full-time equivalent) and 8 non-teaching staff (4 full-time equivalent).[13]

There are no secondary schools in Lower Tully. The nearest government secondary school is

Tully State High School in Tully to the north-west.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Lower Tully (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Lower Tully – locality in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 45720)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  3. ^
    State of Queensland
    . Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  4. Cairns Post. No. 10, 407. Queensland, Australia. 17 June 1935. p. 5. Archived
    from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. The Telegraph. Queensland, Australia. 13 July 1937. p. 2 (CITY FINAL LAST MINUTE NEWS). Archived
    from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ Google (17 September 2022). "Lower Tully, Queensland" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  7. Cassowary Coast Regional Council. pp. 342–344. Archived
    from the original on 17 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  8. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Lower Tully (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  9. ^ "State and non-state school details". Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  10. ^ "Lower Tully State School". Lower Tully State School. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  11. ^ "Annual Report 2016" (PDF). Lower Tully State School. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  12. ^ "ACARA School Profile 2018". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. Retrieved 28 January 2020.

Further reading

  • Jones, Dorothy (1982). The Lower Tully State School golden jubilee : a history of the Lower Tully State School and district. Lower Tully State School Jubilee Publications Committee. .

External links

Media related to Lower Tully, Queensland at Wikimedia Commons