Burnie

Burnie
Tasmania

A view of Burnie CBD and port

Burnie

Coordinates

41°03′49″S 145°52′31″E / 41.06361°S 145.87528°ECoordinates: 41°03′49″S 145°52′31″E / 41.06361°S 145.87528°E

Population

19,819 (2011 census)
26,869 (2015)

Time zone

AEST (UTC+10)

• Summer (DST)

AEDT (UTC+11)

Location

47 km (29 mi) from Devonport
134 km (83 mi) from Launceston
154 km (96 mi) from Queenstown
296 km (184 mi) from Hobart

LGA(s)

City of Burnie

State electorate(s)

Montgomery, Murchision

Federal Division(s)

Braddon

Mean max temp	Mean min temp	Annual rainfall
16.9 °C ^{62 °F}	9.2 °C ^{49 °F}	955.0 mm ^{37.6 in}

Burnie is a port city on the north-west coast of Tasmania. When founded in 1827, Burnie was named Emu Bay but it was renamed for William Burnie, a director of the Van Diemen's Land Company, in the early 1840s.

At the 2011 Australian Census Burnie had an urban population of 19,819, making it the fourth largest city in Tasmania. Burnie together with nearby Wynyard had an estimated urban population of 26,869 at June 2015. Burnie is governed by the City of Burnie local government area.

The key industries are heavy manufacturing, forestry and farming. The Burnie port along with the forestry industry provides the main source of revenue for the city. Burnie was the main port for the west coast mines after the opening of the Emu Bay Railway in 1897. Most industry in Burnie was based around the railway and the port that served it.

After the hand over of the Surrey Hills and Hampshire Hills lots, the agriculture industry was largely replaced by forestry. The influence of forestry had a major role on Burnie's development in the 1900s with the founding of the pulp and paper mill by Associated Pulp and Paper Mills in 1938 and the woodchip terminal in the later part of the century. The Burnie Paper Mill closed in 2010 after failing to secure a buyer.

Tasmania's third largest hospital, The North West Regional Hospital is on Brickport Road. It provides both in and outpatient services for general medicine, general surgery, orthopaedics and paediatrics.

Burnie has a central business district with several national retailers. Just outside the CBD there are other major retailers including: Harvey Norman Superstore; Spotlight; Godfreys; SuperCheap Auto.

Other amenities include the multi-function "Burnie Arts and Function Centre" (formerly known as the Civic Centre), post office, police station, supreme court, public and private hospital, as well as numerous sporting and social organisations.

Burnie is also home to the Cradle Coast campus of the University of Tasmania, and campuses of the Tasmanian Polytechnic and the Tasmanian Academy. The University of Tasmania campus includes the Cuthbertson Research Laboratores run by the Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Research.

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