Burnie - Tasmania - Focus on Tasmania

BURNIE ( pop. 16,007 )

( North-West )

IN BRIEF The site for the settlement of Emu Bay - later to be named Burnie - was chosen by Henry Hellyer (chief surveyor for the Van Diemen Land Company) in 1827. Hellyer had been given a Royal Charter in 1826 to select 250,000 acres of land to settle the north-west coast.
The township underwent a name change in 1843, to honour Van Diemen Land Company director William Burnie. There is no other place in the world with the same name.
Burnie was proclaimed a municipality in 1907 and granted city status in 1988.
Burnie is now a thriving commercial centre. The port of Burnie exports and imports a diverse range of products such as paper, cheese, heavy machinery, mining equipment, food and vegetables, meat and fish.

TOWNSHIP The seaport of Burnie, which is often portrayed as an industrial city, is far more than that. In fact, this City of Contrasts has a unique character that embraces a rich industrial (paper pulp and mining machinery), commercial, agricultural and cultural heritage.

Its people are its greatest asset and this strong community pride makes it a hospitable stopover for tourists.
Burnie is just one hour¡s flight from the major Australian metropolitan city of Melbourne and provides and excellent gateway to the historic far North-West Coast and its links with the early English pastoral firm, Van Dieman¡s Land Company, and with the rich mining area of the West Coast.

Burnie boasts convention and cultural facilities that are the envy of regional areas throughout Australia.
The Burnie Civic Centre is a multi-functional building that houses an 1100-seat Town Hall, 400-seat Civic Theatre and 10 other function rooms and spaces, all serviced by in-house catering and licensed facilities.
The centre hosts Tasmanian, national and some international conventions, catering for between 20,000 and 30,000 meals each year and as many as 150,000 visitors.
The lower level of this unique building houses the Burnie Regional Art Gallery, featuring three large exhibition spaces.
The Civic Centre (cultural) Precinct also includes a Civic Plaza which is used for ceremonial occasions, and the Visitors¡ Centre, housing the Pioneer Village Museum and Tasmanian Travel and Information Centre Burnie.

(kindly supplied by the The Burnie Council)

DISTANCES Devonport - 49 km, 45 mins
Stanley - 78 km
Launceston - 150 km, 2 hrs
Queenstown - 181 km
Hobart (via midlands) - 333 km, 4 hrs
Hobart (via west coast) - 439 km

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	Burnie boasts convention and cultural facilities that are the envy of regional areas throughout Australia. The Burnie Civic Centre is a multi-functional building that houses an 1100-seat Town Hall, 400-seat Civic Theatre and 10 other function rooms and spaces, all serviced by in-house catering and licensed facilities. The centre hosts Tasmanian, national and some international conventions, catering for between 20,000 and 30,000 meals each year and as many as 150,000 visitors. The lower level of this unique building houses the Burnie Regional Art Gallery, featuring three large exhibition spaces. The Civic Centre (cultural) Precinct also includes a Civic Plaza which is used for ceremonial occasions, and the Visitors¡ Centre, housing the Pioneer Village Museum and Tasmanian Travel and Information Centre Burnie. (kindly supplied by the The Burnie Council)
DISTANCES	Devonport - 49 km, 45 mins Stanley - 78 km Launceston - 150 km, 2 hrs Queenstown - 181 km Hobart (via midlands) - 333 km, 4 hrs Hobart (via west coast) - 439 km
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