Burnie

Burnie
State :  Australia State : Tasmania
Coordinates : 41 ° 3 ′  S , 145 ° 53 ′  E Coordinates: 41 ° 3 ′  S , 145 ° 53 ′  E Area : 31.3  km²
Residents : 19,385 (2016) Population density : 619 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10) LGA : City of Burnie
Burnie

Burnie is a city on the northwest coast in the state of Tasmania , an island of Australia . It was founded in 1827 as Emu Bay (Emu Bay) and named after the flightless bird. In the early 1840s the place was renamed after William Burnie , a director of the Dutch East India Company .

city

Burnie Harbor

The city with around 20,000 inhabitants is of great importance for the region as it has a deep-sea port that can also be reached by container ships. Burnie is characterized by heavy industry for machine and plant construction and the fifth largest container port in Australia. It is the fourth largest city in Tasmania. Burnie has a public and private hospital, university, college, and further education institute.

Surroundings

The landscape of the north-west coast has remained relatively untouched by humans. Temperate rainforests , meandering and raging rivers and a strongly rugged coastline dominate the landscape.

Around Burnie is agriculture operated successfully and in the city, a well-known dairy company has established the regional products offering. Forestry is also very important.

tourism

The town has a museum, an art gallery and a penguin observatory where the birds can be observed. An original village has been rebuilt in Burnie, showing life and work in Tasmania at the beginning of the 19th century with a blacksmith, saddlery, printing trade and grocer. The staff demonstrates this in traditional clothing.

On the outskirts there is a viewing area with picnic areas. There is a paper mill in Burnie where paper is hand-made and artistically designed. In the city, tourists can stay in hotels, apartments or on the campsite.

About 20 minutes drive from the city is Burnie Airfield with flight options to Australia. The place can also be reached via the four-lane Bass Highway or Murchison Highway and by rail.

Personalities

• Tim O'Shannessey (* 1972), cyclist
• Marcus Marshall (* 1978), racing car driver
• Amy Cure (* 1992), racing cyclist

Web links

Commons : Burnie, Tasmania  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• City of Burnie (English)
• Information about Burnie ( Memento of February 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Burnie - Somerset ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 2, 2020.