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{{Infobox Australian place
| type                = town
| name                = Tully
| state               = qld
| image               = File:Butler Street, main street of Tully, Queensland, 2025.jpg
| caption             = Tully's main street, Butler Street, 2025
| coordinates         = {{coord|17|56|0|S|145|56|0|E|display=inline,title}}
| pop                 = 2368
| pop_year            = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| pop_footnotes       = <ref name=Census2021/>
| est                 =
| postcode            = 4854
| elevation           = 24
| dist1               = 1569
| location1           = [[Brisbane]]
| dist2               = 142
| location2           = [[Cairns]]
| dist3               = 209
| location3           = [[Townsville]]
| lga                 = [[Cassowary Coast Region]]
| stategov            = [[Electoral district of Hill|Hill]]
| stategov2           = [[Electoral district of Hinchinbrook|Hinchinbrook]]
| fedgov              = [[Division of Kennedy|Kennedy]]
| maxtemp             = 33
| mintemp             = 22
| rainfall            = 4095.1
| near-n              = [[Bulgun, Queensland|Bulgun]]
| near-ne             = [[Birkalla, Queensland|Birkalla]]
| near-e              = [[Mount Mackay, Queensland|Mount Mackay]]
| near-se             = [[Silky Oak, Queensland|Silky Oak]]
| near-s              = [[Jarra Creek, Queensland|Jarra Creek]]
| near-sw             = [[Jarra Creek, Queensland|Jarra Creek]]
| near-w              = [[Walter Hill, Queensland|Walter Hill]]
| near-nw             = [[Walter Hill, Queensland|Walter Hill]]
}}
'''Tully''' is a rural town and [[Suburbs and localities (Australia)|locality]] in the [[Cassowary Coast Region]], [[Queensland]], Australia.<ref>{{cite QPN|35296|Tully|town|access-date=27 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite QPN|45760|Tully|locality|access-date=27 March 2016}}</ref> It is adjacent to the [[Bruce Highway]], approximately {{convert|140|km}} south of [[Cairns]] by road and {{convert|210|km}} north of [[Townsville]]. Tully is perhaps best known for being one of the wettest towns in [[Australia]], and home to the {{convert|7.9|m|ftin|abbr=on}} tall [[Golden Gumboot]].

The [[Tully River]], previously known as the Mackay River, was named after [[Surveyor General of Queensland|Surveyor-General]] [[William Alcock Tully]] in the 1870s. The town of Tully was named after the river when it was surveyed during the erection of the [[sugar refinery|sugar mill]] in 1924, although the river does not flow through the town or the locality. During the previous decade, a settlement known as Banyan had grown up on the other side of Banyan Creek.

Tully is one of the larger towns of the [[Cassowary Coast Region]]. The economic base of the region is agriculture: [[sugar cane]] and [[banana]]s are the dominant crops. The sugar cane grown at the many farms in the district is processed locally at the Tully Sugar Mill, and the [[raw sugar]] produced is shipped elsewhere for further refining.

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Tully had a population of 2,368 people.<ref name=Census2021/>

== History ==
[[File:StateLibQld 1 245635 Township of Tully in North Queensland.jpg|thumb|250px|left|The township of Tully in 1927]]
[[File:Cardwell Shire Council Chambers, circa 1930.jpg|thumb|Cardwell Shire Council Chambers in Tully, 1930|left]]
[[File:Butler Street, Tully, Queensland, 1935.jpg|left|thumb|Butler Street, looking west, 1935]]
Dyirbal (also known as Djirbal) is a language of [[Far North Queensland]], particularly the area around Tully and [[Tully River]] Catchment extending to the [[Atherton, Queensland|Atherton]] Tablelands. The Dyirbal language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of [[Cassowary Coast Regional Council]] and [[Tablelands Regional Council]].<ref>{{Cite SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/dyirbal-55?embed=true|title=Indigenous languages map of Queensland|website=State Library of Queensland|access-date=5 February  2020}}</ref>

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 and later [[Surveyor General of 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.<ref name="smh">{{cite web|title=Guide to Tully in Queensland|url=http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-factsheet/tully--culture-and-history-20081125-6gxc.html|publisher=Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=6 July 2013|date=25 November 2008|archive-date=19 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519230528/https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/inspiration/tully-culture-and-history-20081125-6gxc.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Banyan Provisional School opened on 30 June 1924. In 1925, it became Tully State School.<ref name="qfhs">{{Citation |author1=Queensland Family History Society |title=Queensland schools past and present |publication-date=2010 |edition=Version 1.01 |publisher=[[Queensland Family History Society]] |isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}</ref> When erected in 1924, it was known as Banyan Provisional and has since gone through a number of name changes: Tully Provisional (1925); Tully State School (1926); Tully State Rural School (1934); Tully State Rural and High School (1951); and reverted to Tully State School in 1964. The school's current motto is "Work well and succeed".{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

[[Augustinians|Augustinian priests]] based in [[Innisfail, Queensland|Innisfail]] began to conduct Roman Catholic services in Tully in 1926. [[Vicar Apostolic of Cooktown]] [[John Heavey]] laid the foundation stone for a church dedicated to [[Clare of Montefalco|St Clare of Montefalco]] in May 1926. St Clare's Catholic School was established in 1928 by the [[Sisters of the Good Samaritan]].<ref name="qfhs" /> A separate Tully Parish of the Roman Catholic Vicariate Apostolic of Cooktown, now the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns, was established in 1935.<ref name=":0" />

Tully was originally within the Cardwell Division, which became the Shire of Cardwell in 1903. The first headquarters for the division/shire were in older town of [[Cardwell, Queensland|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 in June 1929. A new shire chambers was built in 1930 on the south-east corner of Bryant and Morris Streets.

Tully State High School  opened on 28 January 1964.<ref name="qfhs" /> During  [[Cyclone Yasi]] in 2011, B Block was completely destroyed and G Block was damaged. Both have since been rebuilt.<ref name="Yasi_01">{{cite web |last=Packham |first=Laura |date=7 February 2011 |title=Cyclone Yasi destroys Tully High School |url=http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2011/02/07/148095_local-news.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110209173847/http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2011/02/07/148095_local-news.html |archive-date=9 February 2011 |access-date=7 February 2011 |work=The Cairns Post |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Tully remained the administrative centre for the [[Shire of Cardwell]], until the shire was amalgamated into the [[Cassowary Coast Region]] in 2008. The regional council has its headquarters in [[Innisfail, Queensland|Innisfail]].

In 2019, Tully became the inaugural winner of a Loud Shirt Day competition to find Queensland's Loudest Town. Inspired by a local story, and facing strong competition from other regional Queensland towns, members of the community rallied together to raise $13,410 to support services provided to young people with hearing loss.<ref name="smh2">{{cite web|title=Queensland's Loudest Town|url=https://events.hearandsay.com.au/page/78/queenslands-loudest-town|publisher=Hear and Say|access-date=18 August 2020|date=3 August 2020|archive-date=21 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021014738/https://events.hearandsay.com.au/page/78/queenslands-loudest-town|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, the locality of Tully had a population of 2,436 people.<ref name=Census2011>{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC31674|name=Tully|accessdate=27 March 2016|quick=on}}</ref>

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Tully had 2,390 inhabitants.<ref name=Census2016>{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32911|name=Tully (SSC)|accessdate=30 April 2018|quick=on}}</ref>

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Tully had a population of 2,368 people.<ref name=Census2021>{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32882|name=Tully (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}</ref>

== Heritage listings ==
Tully has a number of [[heritage-listed]] sites, including:
* [[Tully Court House]], 69 Bryant Street<ref>{{cite QHR|16458|Tully Court House|601703|access-date=7 July 2013}}</ref>
* [[Tully State School]], 17 Mars Street<ref>{{cite QHR|16338|Tully State School|601577|access-date=7 July 2013}}</ref>

== Climate ==
[[File:Butler Street, Tully, with Mount Tyson in the background, 2016.jpg|thumb|Butler Street, Tully, with Mount Tyson in the background with low cloud, 2016]]
Tully has a [[tropical rainforest climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''Af''). This is due to its strong exposure to the southeasterly [[trade winds]]. With an average annual rainfall exceeding {{convert|4000|mm|in}}, and the highest-ever annual rainfall in a populated area of Australia ({{convert|7900|mm|in}} in 1950), Tully is arguably the wettest town in Australia. A rivalry exists between Tully and the nearby town of [[Babinda, Queensland|Babinda]] for that title. 

Although Tully's average rainfall is less than that of Babinda,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cairnspost.com.au/news/cairns/golden-gumboot-goes-to-babinda-for-being-wettest-town-in-australia/news-story/9547fc4e513d44f02d844022a798ff07|title=Golden Gumboot goes to Babinda for being wettest town in Australia|last=Geiger|first=Dominic|date=6 January 2016|website=[[The Cairns Post]]|access-date=18 August 2019|archive-date=18 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818060051/https://www.cairnspost.com.au/news/cairns/golden-gumboot-goes-to-babinda-for-being-wettest-town-in-australia/news-story/9547fc4e513d44f02d844022a798ff07|url-status=live}}</ref> a giant gumboot, the "[[Golden Gumboot]]", was erected in Tully in 2003, as a monument to the town's high rainfall. It also serves as a museum, documenting past floods, as well as displaying the rainfall for the current year.
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=== Cyclone Yasi ===
Buildings in Tully were badly damaged by [[Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi|Cyclone Yasi]] on 3 February 2011.<ref name="Yasi Australian 6064">{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/in-depth/cyclone-yasi/norths-darkest-hour-as-monster-cyclone-yazi-bears-down/story-fn7rj0ye-1225999156064| title=Cyclone Yasi wreaks havoc in Mission Beach, Tully and Innisfail|author=AAP|date=3 February 2011|access-date=3 February 2011|work=The Australian}}</ref><ref name=couriermail774>{{cite news|url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/ipad/tullys-call-to-arms/story-fn6ck45n-1225999600774|title=Time to clean-up: Tully's call to arms|author=Greg Stolz and AAP|date=3 February 2011|access-date=3 February 2011|work=[[The Courier-Mail]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905141640/http://www.couriermail.com.au/ipad/tullys-call-to-arms/story-fn6ck45n-1225999600774|archive-date=5 September 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> According to residents, Tully was "...a scene of mass devastation". An unknown number of homes were completely destroyed as intense winds, estimated at {{convert|300|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}, battered the area. Many other homes not destroyed sustained severe façade and or roof damage.<ref>{{cite news|first=Evan|last=Schwarten|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|agency=Australian Associated Press|date=2 February 2011|access-date=2 February 2011|title=Tully a scene of mass devastation|url=http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/tully-a-scene-of-mass-devastation-20110203-1ae1h.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711161959/http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/tully-a-scene-of-mass-devastation-20110203-1ae1h.html|archive-date=11 July 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> As daybreak came, reports from the town stated that about 90 percent of the structures along the main avenue sustained extensive damage.<ref>{{cite web|author=ONE News|publisher=TVNZ|date=3 February 2011|access-date=3 February 2011|title=Yasi wreaks havoc but no fatalities|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/yasi-wreaks-havoc-but-no-fatalities-4012055|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110204193529/http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/yasi-wreaks-havoc-but-no-fatalities-4012055|archive-date=4 February 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

== Agriculture ==
In March 2015, a farm at Tully tested positive for the soil-borne [[Panama disease]].<ref name="qbf">{{Cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-04/farm-quarantined-over-suspected-panama-disease-outbreak-qld/6279976 |title=Queensland banana farm quarantined as suspected Panama disease outbreak investigated |author=Carmen Brown, Marty McCarthy and Charlie McKillop |access-date=11 May 2015 |date=10 April 2015 |work=ABC Rural |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518212911/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-04/farm-quarantined-over-suspected-panama-disease-outbreak-qld/6279976 |archive-date=18 May 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="BQ-Tully-rev-2021">{{cite web | url=http://www.daf.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/1580292/2021-panama-tr4-epidemiological-review.pdf | publisher=[[Biosecurity Queensland]] | last1=Pegg | first1=Kenneth | last2=Summerell | first2=Brett | last3=O'Neill | first3=Wayne | title=2021 Panama TR4 Epidemiological Review | access-date=16 November 2021 | archive-date=16 November 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116210317/https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/1580292/2021-panama-tr4-epidemiological-review.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref>  Follow-up testing confirmed the results.  One of the strains of the disease affects all types of bananas and has previously only been detected in the [[Northern Territory]].  Harvesting continued on the property with strict protocols allowing the farm to continue to operate and distribute product without posing a threat.<ref name="qfs">{{Cite news |url=http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/2015/4/30/quarantined-farms-send-out-first-shipments-of-bananas |title=Quarantined farms send out first shipments of bananas |access-date=11 May 2015 |date=30 April 2015 |work=Media Statement |publisher=Department of the Premier and Cabinet |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518100517/http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/2015/4/30/quarantined-farms-send-out-first-shipments-of-bananas |archive-date=18 May 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Outside experts were brought in to review [[Biosecurity Queensland]]'s performance 15 February to 24 May 2021. Their assessment credits BQ with quick and effective response which is being emulated by other countries. Thus far TR4 continues to be contained to the Tully Valley only and containment is thought to be possible as long as accidental human movement and transport in flowing water can be halted.<ref name="BQ-Tully-rev-2021" />

== Education ==
[[File:Tully State School, 2024 01.jpg|thumb|Tully State School, 2024]]
[[Tully State School]] is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 21 Mars Street ({{coord|-17.9386|145.9221|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Tully State School}}).<ref name="SchoolList2018">{{cite web |date=9 July 2018 |title=State and non-state school details |url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997 |archive-date=21 November 2018 |access-date=21 November 2018 |publisher=[[Queensland Government]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Tully State School |url=https://www.tullyss.eq.edu.au |access-date=21 November 2018}}</ref> It includes a [[special education]] program.<ref name="SchoolList2018" /> In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 247 students with 25 teachers (22 full-time equivalent) and 27 non-teaching staff (17 full-time equivalent).<ref name="ACARA2018">{{cite web |title=ACARA School Profile 2018 |url=https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx |access-date=28 January 2020 |publisher=[[Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority]] |archive-date=27 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827085246/https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx |url-status=dead }}</ref> 

St Clare's Catholic Primary School is a Catholic primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 13 Mars Street ({{coord|-17.9371|145.9206|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=St Clare's School}}).<ref name="SchoolList2018" /><ref>{{cite web |title=St Clare's School |url=https://www.stclares.qld.edu.au |access-date=21 November 2018}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 153 students with 13 teachers (10 full-time equivalent) and 10 non-teaching staff (5 full-time equivalent).<ref name="ACARA2018" />
[[File:Tully State High School, aerial view, 2023.jpg|thumb|Tully State High School, 2023]]
Tully State High School is a government secondary (7-12) school for boys and girls at 59337 Bruce Highway ({{coord|-17.9401|145.9307|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Tully State High School}}).<ref name="SchoolList2018" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Tully State High School |url=https://www.tullyshs.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=21 November 2018 |archive-date=27 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227163619/https://tullyshs.eq.edu.au/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It includes a special educaition program.<ref name="SchoolList2018" /> In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 688 students with 62 teachers (59 full-time equivalent) and 32 non-teaching staff (24 full-time equivalent).<ref name="ACARA2018" /> It also serves  students in the Tully district, including [[Cardwell, Queensland|Cardwell]], [[Kennedy, Queensland|Kennedy]], [[Mission Beach, Queensland|Mission Beach]], [[Wongaling Beach, Queensland|Wongaling Beach]], [[Feluga, Queensland|Feluga]], [[El Arish, Queensland|El Arish]] and various other small centres. The school has been accredited as a Centre of Excellence in Mathematics, Science and Technology and is one of only a few Reef Guardian schools.{{cn|date=July 2023}} The campus is situated on extensive grounds, 38 hectares, and includes an [[aquaculture]] centre, a worm farm, an [[arboretum]], a [[herd]] of cattle and several sports fields.{{cn|date=July 2023}}

== Amenities ==
The Cassowary Coast Regional Council operates the Dorothy Jones Library at 34 Bryant Street, Tully.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/cassowary_coast/dorothy_jones_library|title=Dorothy Jones Library (Tully) (Public Libraries Connect)|publisher=State Library of Queensland|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213084722/http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/cassowary_coast/dorothy_jones_library|archive-date=13 December 2017|url-status=live|access-date=13 December 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The Tully branch of the [[Queensland Country Women's Association]] meets at the CWA Hall at 5 Plumb Street.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|title=Branch Locations|publisher=[[Queensland Country Women's Association]]|access-date=26 December 2018|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226010724/http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

St Claire of Montefalco Catholic Church is at 13 Mars Street. It is within the Tully Parish of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Tully Parish|url=http://www.cairns.catholic.org.au/parishes/tully.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118120307/http://www.cairns.catholic.org.au/parishes/tully.html|archive-date=18 November 2020|access-date=18 November 2020|website=[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns]]}}</ref>

== Facilities ==
[[File:Approaching Tully from the south on the Bruce Highway, the steam rising is from the Tully Sugar Mill, 2016.jpg|thumb|View towards Tully from the south on the Bruce Highway. The rising steam is from the Tully Sugar Mill, 2016]]
Tully Sugar Mill is in the south-east of the town ({{coord|-17.9379|145.9263|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=sugar mill}}).<ref name="LandmarkAreas">{{Cite web |date=18 November 2020 |title=Landmark Areas - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/db9c913b-b7e2-4d88-9a5e-32cbb1470f12 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121195536/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/db9c913b-b7e2-4d88-9a5e-32cbb1470f12 |archive-date=21 November 2020 |access-date=21 October 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=[[Queensland Government]]}}</ref>

Tully Hospital and Tully Ambulance Station are at 17 Bryant Street ({{coord|-17.9282|145.9246|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Tully Ambulance Station}}).<ref name="emergencyservices" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tully Hospital |url=https://www.cairns-hinterland.health.qld.gov.au/hospitals-and-health-centres/tully-hospital |access-date=2024-11-09 |publisher=Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service}}</ref>

Tully Police Station is at 42 Bryant Street ({{coord|-17.9359|145.9231|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Tully Police Station}}).<ref name="emergencyservices">{{Cite web |date=18 November 2020 |title=Emergency services facilities - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/923a4139-4a79-4744-8955-d73230796bd6 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124224500/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/923a4139-4a79-4744-8955-d73230796bd6 |archive-date=24 November 2020 |access-date=24 November 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=[[Queensland Government]]}}</ref>

Tully Fire Station is at 22-24 Richardson Street ({{coord|-17.9332|145.9284|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Tully Fire Station}}).<ref name="emergencyservices" />

Tully [[Queensland State Emergency Service|SES]] Facility is at 67 Bryant Street ({{coord|-17.9349|145.9229|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Tully SES Facility}}).<ref name="emergencyservices" />

Tully Cemetery is on the south-west corner of Bryant Street and Tully Gorge Road  ({{coord|-17.9478

|145.9187|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=New Tully Lawn Cemetery}}). It is operated by the [[Cassowary Coast Regional Council]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Regional Cemeteries |url=https://www.cassowarycoast.qld.gov.au/regional-cemeteries |access-date=2024-11-09 |publisher=Cassowary Coast Regional Council |archive-date=27 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027035939/https://www.cassowarycoast.qld.gov.au/regional-cemeteries |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Transport ==
[[Tully railway station|Tully Railway Station]] is a prominent station on the main [[North Coast railway line, Queensland|North Coast Railway Line]], situated just over halfway between [[Townsville]] and [[Cairns]]. In December 1924, Tully was connected with both Townsville and [[Innisfail, Queensland|Innisfail]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Milne|first=Road|date=May 1989|title=Tully as a Railhead: Timber, Cattle and Cane|journal=Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin|pages=99–106}}</ref>
== Sport ==
Tully Tigers, is the local Rugby League club. One of their most famous juniors is former Cowboys forward [[Peter Jones (rugby league, born 1972)|Peter Jones]]. Tully was once one of the biggest sporting hubs in Far North Queensland, but since the economic crisis has hit, they are looking for more and more ways to support their clubs.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

== Attractions ==
The [[Golden Gumboot]] is in the park on corner of Butler Street and Hort Street. Built in 2003, the Gumboot is 6.1 metres long and 7.9 metres high. The height corresponds to highest annual rainfall in a populated area of Australia, which occurred in Tully in 1950. There is an internal spiral staircase to the top of the boot which provides views of the town. A fibreglass green tree frog is climbing the side of the boot. There is a museum beside the boot with the history of the town's floods.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://highwaytraveller.com.au/towns/qld/tully/attractions|title=Tully Attractions|website=Highway Traveller|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430200744/http://highwaytraveller.com.au/towns/qld/tully/attractions|archive-date=30 April 2018|url-status=live|access-date=1 May 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

== Military ==
The Australian Army's [[Combat Training Centre - Jungle Training Wing|Combat Training Centre – Jungle Training Wing]] (CTC-JTW), is located on the outskirts of Tully. JTW are the Australian Army's experts in jungle warfare. Their primary role is to deliver basic and advanced jungle warfare training to dismounted combat team sized organizations. JTW are heavily engaged in international exercises, often providing training to regional allies, as their level of expertise is highly regarded in the international military community.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.army.gov.au/our-people/units/1st-division/combat-training-centre|title=Combat Training Centre|last=Army|first=Australian|date=2016-09-13|website=www.army.gov.au|language=en|access-date=2020-04-21|archive-date=20 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320223751/https://www.army.gov.au/our-people/units/1st-division/combat-training-centre|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Notable people ==
*[[Lisa Camilleri]], squash player
*[[Kim Carroll (soccer)|Kim Carroll]], soccer player
*[[Jake Clifford]], rugby league player
*[[Andrew Cripps]], politician
*[[Paul Fleming (boxer)|Paul Fleming]], boxer, born in Tully<ref>{{Cite web |title=BoxRec: Paul Fleming |url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/474627 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226142910/https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/474627 |archive-date=26 February 2022 |access-date=2020-06-23 |website=boxrec.com}}</ref>
*[[Aila Keto]], environmentalist
*[[Russell Kiefel]], actor
*[[Shane Knuth]], politician
*[[Ted Lindsay (politician)|Ted Lindsay]], politician
*[[Max Menzel]], politician
*[[Keith Murdoch (rugby union)|Keith Murdoch]], [[All Blacks]] rugby player, lived in Tully<ref name="NZ_Herald_10348988">{{cite news |author=Lowe, Robert |date=7 October 2005 |title=Disgraced All Black 'heroic' in dignified silence |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-territory/news/article.cfm?l_id=138&objectid=10348988 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715235814/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-territory/news/article.cfm?l_id=138&objectid=10348988 |archive-date=15 July 2018 |access-date=25 November 2011 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]}}</ref>
*[[Joel Riethmuller]], rugby league player
*[[Craig Teitzel]], rugby league player

== See also ==
* [[Kareeya Hydro Power Station]]
* [[List of tramways in Queensland]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{commons category|Tully, Queensland}}
* * {{cite web|url=https://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/tully|title=Tully|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland|website=Queensland Places}}
* [http://www.tullysugar.com.au/index.php/tully-sugar-limited/history Tully Sugar Limited]

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