Bloomfield, Queensland

Bloomfield
Queensland
Ayton general store, 2009
Bloomfield is located in Queensland
Bloomfield
Bloomfield
Coordinates15°56′00″S 145°20′30″E / 15.9333°S 145.3416°E / -15.9333; 145.3416
Population228 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density0.2740/km2 (0.7097/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4895
Area832.1 km2 (321.3 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)
State electorate(s)Cook
Federal division(s)Leichhardt
Localities around Bloomfield:
Rossville Rossville Coral Sea
Lakeland Bloomfield Wujal Wujal
Degarra
Cape Tribulation
Dedin Dagmar Noah

Bloomfield is a rural town in the Shire of Cook and a coastal locality which is split between the Shire of Cook and the Shire of Douglas in Queensland, Australia.[2][3][4] The neighbourhood of Ayton is within the locality (15°55′17″S 145°21′11″E / 15.92139°S 145.35306°E / -15.92139; 145.35306 (Ayton, Queensland)).[5] In the 2021 census, the locality of Bloomfield had a population of 228 people.[1]

The neighbourhood of China Camp is an abandoned tin mining area within the locality (16°02′42″S 145°18′00″E / 16.045°S 145.300°E / -16.045; 145.300 (China Camp)).[6]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Census2021 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Bloomfield – town in Shire of Cook (entry 43963)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Bloomfield – locality in Cook Shire (entry 46122)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Bloomfield – locality in Douglas Shire (entry 48532)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Ayton – unbounded locality in the Shire of Cook (entry 1074)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  6. ^ "China Camp – unbounded locality in the Shire of Douglas (entry 43473)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 5 February 2020.