Lumholtz is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Lumholtz had a population of 0 people.[1]

Lumholtz Queensland
Lumholtz
Coordinates	18.2911°S 145.8980°E / -18.2911; 145.8980
Population	0 (2016 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)
LGA(s)	Cassowary Coast Region
State electorate(s)	Hinchinbrook
Federal division(s)	Kennedy
Suburbs around Lumholtz: Kirrama Murray Upper Kennedy Carruchan Cardwell Kirrama Lumholtz Cardwell Damper Creek Wairuna Abergowrie Dalrymple Creek

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.

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