Bluewater

Bluewater is a town and coastal suburb in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

Bluewater is a town and coastal suburb in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census the suburb of Bluewater had a population of 1,040 people.The coastal town of Bluewater Beach is also within the suburb.

Bluewater is situated in the traditional Nyawigi Aboriginal country.The origin of the suburb name Bluewater is from the adjacent Bluewater Creek that was shown on a district map from 1886.Bluewater was settled in the late nineteenth century, and was close to the Purono rail siding, constructed in 1919 on the extension of the North Coast railway line from Townsville to Ingham.During World War II, Bluewater became campground to a number of service personnel whose responsibility it was to resist Japanese invasion.

It was not until 1946 that land was first subdivided along Bluewater Beach, followed by subdivisions of Toolakea Beach and the Bluewater Township in the 1950s.Bluewater Provisional School opened on 3 June 1957.In 1958 it was renamed Bluewater Creek Provisional School. In 1959 it became Bluewater Creek State School. In 1960 it was renamed Bluewater State School.Bluewater Post Office opened by May 1960.In the 2016 census the suburb of Bluewater had a population of 1,040 people.The community was badly flooded on 31 January 2019.The wet weather and consequent flooding was expected to continue for another week.

Bluewater Park is a popular tourist destination with designated free campsites.