Tully, Queensland

Tully
Queensland

Tully's main street

Tully

Coordinates

17°56′0″S 145°56′0″E / 17.93333°S 145.93333°ECoordinates: 17°56′0″S 145°56′0″E / 17.93333°S 145.93333°E

Population

2,436 (2011 census)

Postcode(s)

4854

Elevation

24 m (79 ft)

Location

1,569 km (975 mi) from Brisbane
142 km (88 mi) from Cairns
209 km (130 mi) from Townsville

LGA(s)

Cassowary Coast Region

Mean max temp	Mean min temp	Annual rainfall
33 °C ^{91 °F}	22 °C ^{72 °F}	4,095.1 mm ^{161.2 in}

Localities around Tully:
Walter Hill	Bulgun	Birkalla
Walter Hill	Tully	Mount Mackay
Jarra Creek	Jarra Creek	Silky Oak

Tully is a town and locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It is adjacent to the Bruce Highway approximately 140 kilometres (87 mi) south of Cairns by road and 210 kilometres (130 mi) north of Townsville. In the 2011 census, Tully had a population of 2,436 people.

The Tully River (previously known as the Mackay River) was named after Surveyor-General William Alcock Tully in the 1870s. The town of Tully was named after the river when it was surveyed off when the sugar mill was erected in 1924. Previously a settlement known as Banyan had grown up on the other side of Banyan Creek during the previous decade.

Tully is one of the larger towns of the Cassowary Coast Region. The economic base of the region is agriculture; sugar cane and banana being the dominant crops grown. The sugar cane grown at the many farms in the district is processed locally at the Tully Sugar Mill to give raw sugar which is shipped elsewhere for refinement.

The Tully River area was slowly settled once Cardwell, to the south, was established. The river was renamed in 1872 in honour of William Alcock Tully, then under-secretary for public lands and chief commissioner of crown lands in Queensland. The first settlers were the nephews of James Tyson who raised beef cattle. It was not until the government constructed a sugar mill in 1925 that the town began to develop.

Tully was originally within the Cardwell Division, which became the Shire of Cardwell in 1903. The original headquarters for the division/shire were in older town of Cardwell. In 1929, the decision was taken to relocate the shire council's headquarters to the newer but more populous town of Tully. The first council meeting held in Tully was on 27 June 1929. A new shire chambers was built in 1930 on the south-east corner of Bryant and Morris Streets.

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