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Lumholtz, Queensland

Lumholtz is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Lumholtz had "no people or a very low population".

Geography

The terrain is mountainous with a number of named peaks (from north to south):

  • Mount Alma ()
  • Mount Pershouse ()
  • Mount Thorn ()
  • Mount Creagh ()
  • Mount Macalister ()
  • Mount Arthur Scott ()
  • Tabletop Mountain ()

Almost all of the locality is within the Girringun National Park, which was originally named Lumholtz National Park when it was created in 1991. The exception is the pastoral property Gowrie & Rosevale in the south of the locality (), where the land use is grazing on native vegetation.

History

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.

Demographics

In the , Lumholtz had "no people or a very low population".

In the , Lumholtz had "no people or a very low population".

Education

The nearest government primary school is Abergowrie State School in neighbouring Abergowrie to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Ingham State High School in Ingham to the south-east.

Attractions

Tuckers Lookout is a lookout on Kirama Road ().

Hinkler Falls is a waterfall on an unnamed creek ().

References