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About Burnie

Burnie (pirinilaplu/palawa kani: pataway) is a port city in Tasmania, Australia, located in Emu Bay on the north-west coast, 47 kilometres (29 mi) west from Devonport and 17 kilometres (11 mi) east from Wynyard. With an urban population of 19,550 in 2019, Burnie is the fourth largest city in Tasmania, serving as a major port for north-western agricultural and mining industries. Founded in 1827 as Emu Bay, Burnie's name, attributed by early settlers, arose from their sighting of emus along the riverbanks, despite lacking a direct correlation with the bird itself in Aboriginal nomenclature. The township was renamed Burnie in November 1842, after William Burnie, then director of the Van Diemen's Land Company.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. 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 and the woodchip terminal in the later part of the century.