Burnie Tasmania
A view of Burnie CBD and ports from a hillside suburb
Population:	18,064 (2001)[1]
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Location:	47 km from Devonport 134 km from Launceston 154 km from Queenstown 296 km from Hobart
LGA:	City of Burnie
State District:	Braddon
Federal Division:	Braddon

Burnie is a port city on the north-west coast of Tasmania, originally settled in 1827 as Emu Bay. The town was renamed for William Burnie - a director of the Van Diemen's Land Company - in the early 1840s. The city boundary usually includes the outer town of Somerset. Burnie is governed by the City of Burnie Local Government Area km redirects here. ... Devonport City Council shown in green in map of Tasmania Devonport is a city in the north-west of Tasmania, Australia, at the mouth of the Mersey River. ... km redirects here. ... Launceston City Council, Coat of Arms Launceston is a small city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia, population approximately 103,000, located at the juncture of the North Esk, South Esk, and Tamar rivers. ... km redirects here. ... Municipality of West Coast Local Government Areas of Tasmania For other places by the same name, see Queenstown. ... km redirects here. ... Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. ... Local Government Areas of Tasmania, Australia This article also includes lists of towns, suburbs and localities of Tasmania. ... The City of Burnie is a Local Government Area of Tasmania. ... State Electoral District is a term used to refer to a voting area within Australian states. ... Division of Braddon The Division of Braddon, Tasmania is one of the 5 electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly. ... The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. ... The Division of Braddon is an Australian Electoral Division in Tasmania. ... Capital Hobart Government Const. ... Naval Battle of Navarino by Carneray 1827 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Van Diemens Land was the original name used by Europeans for the island of Tasmania, now part of Australia. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Somerset is a town just outside Burnie, Tasmania, Australia. ... The City of Burnie is a Local Government Area of Tasmania. ... Local Government Area (abbreviated LGA) is a term used in Australia (and especially by the Australian Bureau of Statistics) to refer to areas controlled by each individual Local Government. ...

Burnie is home to the Cradle Coast Campus of the University of Tasmania, and Hellyer College. The University of Tasmania (also abbreviated as UTAS, UTas or Tas Uni) is a well-regarded Australian university, with three campuses in Tasmania. ... Hellyer College is one of eight senior secondary (years 11-12) public education colleges in Tasmania, Australia. ...

History

Like most of the north coast of Tasmania, the area surrounding Burnie was first explored by Europeans when George Bass and Matthew Flinders circumnavigated Van Diemen's Land in 1798. As they passed the current-day Burnie area, they named Round Hill Point and described a 'peak like a volcano'. Bass and Flinders did not land on the coast, and it was left to a party from the Van Diemen's Land Company to climb this peak on 14 February 1827, and name it, appropriately, St Valentine's Peak. Capital Hobart Government Const. ... George Bass George Bass, British naval surgeon and explorer of Australia (1771 – unknown, post 1803), was born at Aswarby, a hamlet near Sleaford Lincolnshire and was educated at Boston Grammar School. ... Captain Matthew Flinders. ... Van Diemens Land was the original name used by Europeans for the island of Tasmania, now part of Australia. ... 1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Van Diemens Land Company was created by Royal Charter in 1824 and was granted 250 000 acres in northwest Tasmania in 1826. ... February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Naval Battle of Navarino by Carneray 1827 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Later in 1827, a small settlement was established at the western end of Emu Bay, near the present city centre. The name 'Emu Bay' was chosen because the Tasmanian sub-species of emu – which was smaller than its mainland counterparts – roamed the district at the time of settlement. This sub-species became extinct sometime in the 1850s. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Binomial name Dromaius novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790) The Emu has been recorded in the black-coloured areas shown here. ...

The settlement of Emu Bay was initially used as the base for all the Van Diemen's Land Company operations in the district. For the first one hundred years of settlement, its progress was modest. The first permanent settlers of Emu Bay arrived from England in the vessel Caroline on February 2, 1828. Settlers are people who have travelled of their own choice, from the land of their birth to live in new lands or colonies. ... February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1828 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

Emu Bay's initial lack of growth was due primarily to two crucial mistakes. The Van Diemen's Land Company settled the town to serve three of several land grants it took up on the North-West Coast. The grants in the current Burnie area were 50,000 acres (200 km²) at Emu Bay bounded by the Emu and Cam Rivers, and to the south, 10,000 acres (40 km²) at Hampshire and 150,000 acres (600 km²) at Surrey Hills.

The first mistake was that of the company's chief surveyor, Henry Hellyer. Hellyer's misjudgement was that the land selected would provide good natural grazing for fine-woolled sheep. The second mistake was that the company's chief agent, Edward Curr, accepted Hellyer's judgement without first inspecting it himself. Unlike the older sheep districts in eastern Tasmania, the land around St Valentines Peak was sub-alpine, featuring long, wet and bitterly cold winters. The native snow grass lacked nutrition and in the first few winters more than 5000 merino sheep and their progeny died of cold and malnutrition. The surviving animals were taken to the milder coastal climate of Circular Head and Woolnorth. Henry Hellyer (born 1790-2 September 1832) was a European explorer who was one of the first explorers to visit the rugged interior of the north west of Tasmania, Australia. ... Grazing is the regular consumption of part of one organism without killing it by another organism. ... Capital Hobart Government Const. ... Unshorn merino sheep. ... Categories: Stub ...

Those initial mistakes resulted in a disastrous beginning for the Van Diemen's Land Company and condemned the isolated port settlement on the shores of Emu Bay to years of inertia while much younger centres to the east - namely Latrobe, Port Sorell, Formby, Torquay, Don and Forth - achieved steady growth. There is also a Latrobe, Pennsylvania. ... Port Sorell is a town on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. ... Devonport is a city in the north-west of Tasmania, Australia, at the mouth of the Mersey River. ... Devonport is a city in the north-west of Tasmania, Australia, at the mouth of the Mersey River. ... Forth is a small village, located in North West Tasmania on the Forth River, 13 km west of Devonport and 111 km northwest of Launceston via the Bass Highway. ...

During the lifetime of these first settlers Burnie was little more than a Van Diemen's Land Company-owned town that existed because of, and mainly for, the company. Indeed, those first settlers, and others who were to follow in the next two decades, literally carved out a village from the rain forests and tea-tree swamps. The town was renamed Burnie - after Van Diemen's Land Company director William Burnie – in the early 1840s. Villagers established their own tracks to and from the company store, and there existed no semblance of a street until the first town survey in 1843. Indeed, after the first fifty years of settlement, Burnie's population failed to exceed 200. A rainforest is a forested biome with high annual rainfall. ... Tea tree or Ti Tree is a popular name that has been applied to a number of different, unrelated plants: Camellia sinensis, from which tea is obtained. ... 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

From the earliest days of the settlement, Burnie was a timber port. The timbers of the hinterland were felled and a sawmill was established near the port. Timber was exported across Bass Strait to Melbourne, to the new settlement at Adelaide and to Launceston along the coast. It was used for everything from roof shingles to road paving, from house building to ship building. Bass Strait (IPA /bæs/) is a sea strait separating Tasmania from the south of the Australian mainland (Victoria in particular). ... Melbournes Yarra River is a popular area for walking, jogging, cycling, rowing and for relaxing on the banks with a picnic Melbourne (pronounced ) is the second most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 3. ... For other uses, see Adelaide (disambiguation). ... Launceston City Council, Coat of Arms Launceston is a small city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia, population approximately 103,000, located at the juncture of the North Esk, South Esk, and Tamar rivers. ...

However, its fortunes changed dramatically in the 1880s with the discovery of significant mineral deposits on the west coast of Tasmania. In 1878 the Van Diemen's Land Company constructed a wooden horse-drawn tramway to serve Mount Bischoff, which was then the richest tin mine in the world. The tramway was a remarkable timber construction that stretched over 75 kilometres and used horses to pull the tin laden carriages. The tin industry ensured the continued growth of the town, and by the late-1880s, the railway had been converted to steam locomotives and the port facilities were greatly expanded. Burnie became the sole port for the Mt Bischoff mine and its support-town of Waratah, resulting in a trebling of its population to more than 1000 by 1891. 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... A CLRV Streetcar in the City of Toronto. ... Former open cut mine at Mount Bischoff Mount Bischoff is a mountain in Tasmania, Australia near the town of Waratah. ... General Name, Symbol, Number tin, Sn, 50 Chemical series poor metals Group, Period, Block 14, 5, p Appearance silvery lustrous gray Atomic mass 118. ... Waratah Falls in Waratah with part of the town in the background Waratah is a town in western Tasmania. ... Year 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ...

With the late-nineteenth century mineral boom on the west coast, which saw the towns of Zeehan, Queenstown, Dundas, Renison Bell and Rosebery grow rapidly, the railway was taken over by the Emu Bay Railway and extended to Zeehan in 1900. Thus, Burnie became the major port for the shipping of silver from Tasmania. This saw record growth in Burnie's business district and the further development of outlying farms. Banks, churches and schools were established, and by 1901, when the railway arrived from Launceston, the town's population had grown to over 1500. Municipality of West Coast Local Government Areas of Tasmania Categories: Tasmanian towns | Stub ... Municipality of West Coast Local Government Areas of Tasmania For other places by the same name, see Queenstown. ... Renison Bell is an underground tin mine located on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia. ... Also see our Festval Website: [1] Rosebery Online Access Center Website: [2] Rosebery is a town on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia. ... Emu Bay Railway One of Australias important private railways, it ran from Zeehan to Burnie, carrying minerals and passengers as an essential service for the West Coast Tasmania community. ... General Name, Symbol, Number silver, Ag, 47 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 5, d Appearance lustrous white metal Atomic mass 107. ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

The claims of Mt Bischoff and the mines at Zeehan that were served by the Emu Bay Railway line began to decline by about 1915, and Burnie – although its population had grown and its port facilities had been substantially developed – once more found itself almost wholly reliant on its outlying farms and forests for its existence. 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

In the inter-war period, it appeared obvious that some form of secondary industry was essential to adequately employ Burnie's existing workforce and would be fundamental if the town was to develop beyond its role as the centre of export and commerce for a rural area. The industry which was so badly needed and set Burnie on its path to gaining city status came in 1938 when Associated Pulp and Paper Mills Limited (APPM) began production. Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The paper industry's impact on the town was astonishing. The rate of building in the pre-APPM era was a lethargic 20 houses a year. In the year ended June 30, 1938, when the South Burnie mills were being erected, 262 houses were built. When the paper industry arrived in Burnie the municipality had a population of about 4000. By 1945, it had reached 10,000, by 1965 it was about 18,500. In 1948 Australian Titan Products (now known as Tioxide Australia Pty Ltd) began operation. The town continued to grow. The port was expanded, the paper mill grew larger, and container facilities were built. Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ...

While APPM was not the sole industry responsible for Burnie's post-war development and others established since have contributed substantially to the town's economy and growth, there is no doubt APPM was the industry that prompted industrial development. Indeed, Burnie's development history can be clearly and sharply divided into two eras: the 109 years before APPM, and the APPM years.

According to Burnie historian Kerry Pink, there were three reasons big industries located in Burnie: the deepwater port, cheap electricity and an ocean that was able to absorb effluent. And, in the case of APPM, the Van Diemens Land Company's vast hardwood stands at Surrey Hills. With these factors in mind the local community considered pollution a small price to pay for job security. However, job security proved a faithless mistress. In the context of creating Plutonium at the Hanford Site, effluent refers to the cooling water that is discharged from a nuclear reactor that may or may not be radioactive. ...

Downsizing at APPM began in the 1980s and the autumn of 1992 saw an incredibly bitter industrial dispute that lasted three months. In 1998 "The Pulp" finally ceased operation and the last 200 workers lost their jobs. Paper making continues at the plant using imported pulp, but this move marked the beginning of the end of Burnie's industrial heartland. Media:rofl. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

However, Burnie is now entering a third era in its development history: the post-APPM years. The paper mills – now owned and operated by Australian Paper – have scaled back in both production and its workforce, and Burnie is no longer able to depend on one key industry to provide employment and economic growth. Nonetheless, Burnie remains the major deepwater port for the north of Tasmania, with two permanent container ships making daily crossings between it and Melbourne. Melbournes Yarra River is a popular area for walking, jogging, cycling, rowing and for relaxing on the banks with a picnic Melbourne (pronounced ) is the second most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 3. ...

Although Burnie was declared a city in 1988, with a population exceeding 23,000, that figure has since decreased, and today the City of Burnie has a population of 19,030 (2004). Burnie is now a city in transition. Driven by the need to renew its economic base, it is actively campaigning to bolster tourism, attract new investment and build the capacity of residents to develop businesses of their own. The city of Chicago, as seen from the sky A city is an urban area that is differentiated from a town, village, or hamlet by size, population density, importance, or legal status. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The City of Burnie is a Local Government Area of Tasmania. ...

Other

Key Industries: Papermaking; cheesemaking; Burnie port is the fifth largest container port in Australia; heavy machinery manufacturing; farming.

Key Amenities: A wide range of shops and services including multi-function civic centre and art gallery, post office, police station, Supreme Court, public and private hospital, as well as numerous sporting and social organisations. Burnie is also home to the north west campus of the University of Tasmania, and Hellyer College.

Transport

Burnie Airport is a 20 minute drive from the City of Burnie and is the closest Tasmanian mainland facility serviced daily from Melbourne. Burnie Airport (IATA: BWT, ICAO: YWYY), also called Wynyard Airport, is a small regional airport located in Wynyard near the town of Burnie, Tasmania, Australia. ...

Burnie Port is Tasmania's largest general cargo port and Australia's largest container port. It is the nearest Tasmanian port to Melbourne.

Burnie is connected with Devonport via the four-lane Bass Highway and a rail link which is used for freight purposes. Burnie is also connected to the West Coast, Tasmania by the Murchison Highway. Devonport City Council shown in green in map of Tasmania Devonport is a city in the north-west of Tasmania, Australia, at the mouth of the Mersey River. ... The Bass Highway is a highway in Australia. ... Municipality of West Coast The Municipality of West Coast is a local government area of Tasmania. ... Murchison Highway This highway runs from the West Coast to Burnie, and was not made until the 1960s. ...

Climate

The average temperature in summer ranges from 12.5 to 21 °C, with around 16 hours of sunlight per day. In winter temperature ranges from 6 to 13 °C, and only 8 hours of sunlight.

Burnie averages 994 mm of rainfall per year.

Sport

Australian rules football is popular in Burnie, the city's most popular team is the Burnie Dockers Football Club in the Northern Tasmanian Football League. The Big Men Fly - high marking is a key skill and spectator attribute of Aussie Rules Precise field and goal kicking using the oval shaped ball is the most important skill in Aussie Rules Footy Australian rules football, also known as Australian football, Aussie rules, or simply football or footy... The Northern Tasmanian Football League is an Australian Rules Football competition in northern Tasmania. ...

Behind Sydney and Perth's City to Surf, the Burnie Ten is Australia's next biggest fun run for elite athletes. City to Surf is an annual 14km road race which attracts over 50,000 runners. ...

Media

The Advocate is the region's newspaper, its main press and mailroom is located in Burnie.

Burnie has access to the ABC, SBS, WIN and Southern Cross television stations. The fifth channel, TDT, does not have a transmitter in the north-west and as such, reception of it depends on location. Rollout is scheduled for 2006. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation or ABC (formerly the Australian Broadcasting Commission) is Australias national non-profit public broadcaster. ... The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) is one of two government funded Australian public broadcasting radio and television networks, the other being the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). ... WIN Television or WIN is an Australian regional television network. ... TNT-9 or Southern Cross Television Tasmania is the biggest Television station in Tasmania. ... Tasmanian Digital Television (TDT, callsign TDT-11) is a digital television station in Tasmania, Australia. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

Burnie also has a 4-screen cinema, owned and operated by Metro 5, called the Metro 4 cinema.

There is one commercial radio station, 7BU at 558kHz on the mediumwave band. Many Melbourne radio stations can be received in Burnie. Melbournes Yarra River is a popular area for walking, jogging, cycling, rowing and for relaxing on the banks with a picnic Melbourne (pronounced ) is the second most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 3. ...

Born in Burnie, Tasmania

• Alastair Lynch (b. 1968), Australian rules footballer

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References

1. ^ Selected Characteristics for Urban Centres, Australia, 2001. Australian Bureau of Statistics (2003-03-25). Retrieved on 2006-12-02. Population figure includes Somerset.

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External links

• Burnie City Council
• The Burnie Ten

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