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Suburb of Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lumholtz is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Lumholtz had "no people or a very low population".[1]
Lumholtz Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 18.2911°S 145.8980°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 0 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 0.0000/km2 (0.0000/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4849 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 432.6 km2 (167.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
Location |
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LGA(s) | Cassowary Coast Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Hinchinbrook | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Kennedy | ||||||||||||||
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The terrain is mountainous with a number of named peaks (from north to south):
Almost all of the locality is within the Girringun National Park,[11] which was originally named Lumholtz National Park when it was created in 1991.[12] The exception is the 594-hectare (1,470-acre) pastoral property Gowrie & Rosevale in the south of the locality (18.3777°S 145.8548°E), where the land use is grazing on native vegetation.[11]
The locality is believed to have taken its name from Carl Sofus Lumholtz, a Norwegian traveller and anthropologist, who spent his time working in south and northeast Australia as an ethnographer and field researcher during the 1880s.
In the 2016 census, Lumholtz had "no people or a very low population".[13]
In the 2021 census, Lumholtz had "no people or a very low population".[1]
Tuckers Lookout is a lookout on Kirama Road (18.20438°S 145.83677°E).[14][15]
Hinkler Falls is a waterfall on an unnamed creek (18.2411°S 145.8433°E).[16][17]
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