Burketown
Sign in to saveBurketown is an isolated outback town and coastal locality in the Shire of Burke, Queensland, Australia. It is located west of Cairns and west of Normanton on the Albert River and Savannah Way in the area known as the Gulf Savannah. In the , the locality of Burketown had a population of 204 people.
Key facts
- Australian place.type
- town
- Australian place.name
- Burketown
- Australian place.state
- qld
- Australian place.image
- Burketown-pub-gulf-savannah-queensland-australia.jpg
- Australian place.caption
- Burketown pub (destroyed by fire in 2012)
- Australian place.local_map
- yes
- Australian place.zoom
- 8
- Australian place.pop
- 204
- Australian place.established
- 1865
- Australian place.postcode
- 4830
- Australian place.area
- 1713.3
- Australian place.timezone
- AEST
- Australian place.utc
- +10:00
- Australian place.dist1
- 225
- Australian place.dir1
- W
- Australian place.location1
- Normanton
- Australian place.dist2
- 426
- Australian place.dir2
- N
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Key dates
- Inception
- 1865
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Named after
- Robert O'Hara Burke
- Country
- Australia
- Located in
- Shire of Carpentaria
- Population
- +167
- Time zone
- UTC+10:00
- Capital of
- Shire of Burke
- Image
- Burketown-pub-gulf-savannah-queensland-australia.jpg
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- Morning glory cloud
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Burketown is an isolated outback town and coastal locality in the Shire of Burke, Queensland, Australia. It is located west of Cairns and west of Normanton on the Albert River and Savannah Way in the area known as the Gulf Savannah. In the , the locality of Burketown had a population of 204 people.
== Geography == alt=Satellite image of Burketown on 12 May 2021.|thumb|Satellite image of Burketown on 12 May 2021. Burketown is located on the Albert River to the north west of the state capital, Brisbane, with the nearest larger town being Normanton, to the east, and the nearest city being Mount Isa, to the south. The town is roughly inland from the Gulf of Carpentaria. It is located west of Cairns via the Savannah Way passing through the area known as the Gulf Savannah.
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1865 establishments in AustraliaAustralian Statistical Geography Standard 2011 ID same as WikidataAustralian Statistical Geography Standard 2016 ID same as WikidataAustralian Statistical Geography Standard 2021 ID same as WikidataBurketownGeographic coordinate listsGulf of CarpentariaLists of coordinatesLocalities in QueenslandNorth West QueenslandPopulated places established in 1865