Burnie, Tasmania

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Burnie
Tasmania
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A view of Burnie CBD and port
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Burnie
Coordinates 41°03′49″S145°52′31″E / 41.06361°S 145.87528°E / -41.06361; 145.87528 Coordinates: 41°03′49″S145°52′31″E / 41.06361°S 145.87528°E / -41.06361; 145.87528
Population27,174 (2018) [1]
Postcode(s) 7320
Elevation19 m (62 ft)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10)
 • Summer (DST) AEDT (UTC+11)
Location
LGA(s) City of Burnie
State electorate(s) Braddon
Federal division(s) Braddon
Mean max tempMean min tempAnnual rainfall
16.9 °C
62 °F		9.3 °C
49 °F		960.8 mm
37.8 in

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

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As of 2019, Burnie had an urban population of 19,550. [2] Burnie is governed by the City of Burnie local government area.

Economy

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. [3] [4] 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 handover 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 [5] and the woodchip terminal in the later part of the century. The Burnie Paper Mill closed in 2010 after failing to secure a buyer. [6]

Population

As at June 2018 Burnie, together with nearby Wynyard had an estimated urban population of 27,174 [1] , having reduced slightly at an average annual rate of -0.27% year-on-year over the preceding five years. [1]

Facilities and education

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, psychiatry, and paediatrics.

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 Laboratories run by the Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Research.

Retail

Burnie has a central business district with several national retailers such as Target, Kmart, The Reject Shop, Best & Less and Cotton On. Just outside the CBD there are other major retailers including Harvey Norman, Bunnings Warehouse, Spotlight, Godfreys and SuperCheap Auto.

Supermarkets in Burnie include Coles, Woolworths and IGA.

Transport

Burnie Airport is located in the adjacent town of Wynyard, a 20-minute drive from the City of Burnie.

Burnie Port is Tasmania's largest general cargo port [7] and was once Australia's fifth largest container port. It is the nearest Tasmanian port to Melbourne and the Australian mainland. As with other ports in Tasmania, it is operated by the government owned TasPorts. [8]

The port currently operates as a container port with a separate terminal for the exportation of woodchips. The port was planned to be expanded in 2013 so that it could accommodate extra freight from the proposed north-west mines in the Tarkine. [9]

Burnie was the terminus of the former Emu Bay Railway company operations. The railway line is now known as the Melba Line.

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 of Tasmania by the Murchison Highway.

Bus service Metro Tasmania provides transport around the city and its suburbs., [10] Redline coaches used to service the North-West through to Hobart, but ceased this service in January 2021.

Coastal pathway

The development of a coastal pathway will connect Burnie and Wynyard to Latrobe as part of a State Government and Local Government Council initiative to upgrade infrastructure on the north-west coast of Tasmania. [11]

Suburbs

The city of Burnie consists of a number of small suburbs including Parklands, Park Grove, Shorewell Park, Acton, Montello, Hillcrest, Terrylands, Upper Burnie, Romaine, Havenview, Emu Heights, South Burnie and Wivenhoe.

Climate

Burnie has a borderline oceanic climate and mediterranean climate with mild summers and cool winters. The average temperature in summer ranges from 12 to 21 °C with drier days as warm as 30 °C, with around 16 hours of sunlight per day. In winter, temperature ranges from 6 to 13 °C, and only 8 hours of sunlight. Relative humidity averages over 60% for the year in the afternoon.[ citation needed ]

Burnie averages 994 mm of rainfall per year. Most of the rain is during the cooler months from May to October. The summer months bring constant daily sunshine and only occasional rainfall with temperatures up to 30 °C on the warmest and driest days. Nearly every day from January to March has a maximum temperature of 20–25 °C.

Climate data for Round Hill, Burnie (1981–2018 data)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Record high °C (°F)33.8
(92.8)		30.8
(87.4)		28.9
(84.0)		26.2
(79.2)		20.6
(69.1)		18.8
(65.8)		18.3
(64.9)		18.9
(66.0)		22.4
(72.3)		23.7
(74.7)		31.5
(88.7)		31.2
(88.2)		33.8
(92.8)
Average high °C (°F)21.2
(70.2)		21.5
(70.7)		20.3
(68.5)		18.0
(64.4)		15.6
(60.1)		13.7
(56.7)		13.0
(55.4)		13.4
(56.1)		14.6
(58.3)		16.1
(61.0)		18.1
(64.6)		19.6
(67.3)		17.1
(62.8)
Average low °C (°F)13.3
(55.9)		13.8
(56.8)		12.5
(54.5)		10.8
(51.4)		9.1
(48.4)		7.3
(45.1)		6.6
(43.9)		6.7
(44.1)		7.4
(45.3)		8.5
(47.3)		10.3
(50.5)		11.7
(53.1)		9.8
(49.6)
Record low °C (°F)5.2
(41.4)		5.8
(42.4)		3.6
(38.5)		3.0
(37.4)		1.8
(35.2)		0.2
(32.4)		−1.0
(30.2)		0.2
(32.4)		0.4
(32.7)		1.6
(34.9)		2.7
(36.9)		3.1
(37.6)		−1.0
(30.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches)43.0
(1.69)		33.9
(1.33)		42.7
(1.68)		67.7
(2.67)		80.3
(3.16)		97.0
(3.82)		104.5
(4.11)		104.0
(4.09)		92.5
(3.64)		74.0
(2.91)		63.0
(2.48)		62.1
(2.44)		865.5
(34.07)
Average rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm)9.97.19.011.013.815.017.117.416.514.611.910.3153.6
Mean daily sunshine hours 8.27.76.25.34.14.04.14.55.36.87.37.55.9
Source 1: Bureau of Meteorology [12] [13]
Source 2: Bureau of Meteorology (1965–1993 sunshine hours) [14]

Sport

Australian rules football is popular in Burnie. The city's team is the Burnie Dockers Football Club in the Tasmanian State League. Their ground is West Park Oval.

Rugby union is also played in Burnie. The local club is the Burnie Rugby Union Club. They are the current Tasmanian Rugby Union Statewide Division Two Premiers and were promoted to the Statewide First Division for the 2008 season.

Soccer is also represented in Burnie, with Burnie United FC having four teams compete in the northern premier league; the women's team, under 18 team, reserve team and division one team. They also have youth sides in the under 14 and under 16 competitions. Their ground is located in Montello, Tasmania.

Burnie hosts an ATP Challenger Tour tennis event, the Burnie International, during the week following the Australian Open.

Athletics events include the annual Burnie Gift and Burnie Ten.

Media

The Advocate newspaper was established in 1890 servicing the North West region. The mailroom is located in Burnie whilst the local press operations ceased in mid-2008 and were relocated to Launceston.[ citation needed ].

Burnie has access to the ABC, SBS, WIN and Southern Cross television stations as well as all new free to air television stations.

There are two commercial radio stations, 7BU at 100.9 MHz on the FM band and Sea FM on 101.7 on the FM band. Many Melbourne radio stations can be received in Burnie.[ citation needed ]

Burnie CBD and Port Panorama.jpg
Burnie CBD and Port from Wilfred Campbell Memorial Reserve

Notable people

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