Yalanji  (also known as Kuku Yalanji, Kuku Yalaja, Kuku Yelandji, and Gugu Yalanji) is an Australian Aboriginal language of Far North Queensland.
The traditional language region is Mossman River in the south to the Annan River in the north, bordered by the Pacific Ocean in the east and extending inland to west of Mount Mulgrave.
This includes the local government boundaries of the Shire of Douglas, the Shire of Cook and the Aboriginal Shire of Wujal Wujal and the towns and localities of Cooktown,  Mossman, Daintree, Cape Tribulation and Wujal Wujal.
It includes the head of the Palmer River, the Bloomfield River, China Camp, Maytown, and Palmerville.

The town and locality are named after the Bloomfield River.

The Bloomfield River Sugar Company was established in 1882 by Frederick Bauer and his two sons.
They established a sugarcane plantation that they called Vilele.
The sugar mill they constructed did its first full-scale crush in 1885.
In 1886 they built a saw mill and had 10 miles (16 km) of tramway built from portable track.
The sugar mill closed in 1890 as it proved to be not economic.

Ayton Provisional School opened on the road from Cape Tribulation to Cooktown circa 1897.
On 1 January 1909 it became Ayton State School.
It 1924 it was closed due to low student numbers.

Bloomfield River State School opened on 16 July 1952.

In the 2011 census, Bloomfield had a population of 403 people.

Prior to the deamalgamation of Shire of Douglas on 1 January 2014, Bloomfield was split between Shire of Cook and Cairns Region.

In the 2016 census, Bloomfield had a population of 204 people.
Yalanji  (also known as Kuku Yalanji, Kuku Yalaja, Kuku Yelandji, and Gugu Yalanji) is an Australian Aboriginal language of Far North Queensland. The traditional language region is Mossman River in the south to the Annan River in the north, bordered by the Pacific Ocean in the east and extending inland to west of Mount Mulgrave. This includes the local government boundaries of the Shire of Douglas, the Shire of Cook and the Aboriginal Shire of Wujal Wujal and the towns and localities of Cooktown,  Mossman, Daintree, Cape Tribulation and Wujal Wujal. It includes the head of the Palmer River, the Bloomfield River, China Camp, Maytown, and Palmerville.
The town and locality are named after the Bloomfield River.
The Bloomfield River Sugar Company was established in 1882 by Frederick Bauer and his two sons. They established a sugarcane plantation that they called Vilele. The sugar mill they constructed did its first full-scale crush in 1885. In 1886 they built a saw mill and had 10 miles (16 km) of tramway built from portable track. The sugar mill closed in 1890 as it proved to be not economic.
Ayton Provisional School opened on the road from Cape Tribulation to Cooktown circa 1897. On 1 January 1909 it became Ayton State School. It 1924 it was closed due to low student numbers.
Bloomfield River State School opened on 16 July 1952.
In the 2011 census, Bloomfield had a population of 403 people.
Prior to the deamalgamation of Shire of Douglas on 1 January 2014, Bloomfield was split between Shire of Cook and Cairns Region.
In the 2016 census, Bloomfield had a population of 204 people.
Bloomfield, Queensland