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History and attributes. The municipality was established on 6 January 1908. Originally named Emu Bay, the name was changed to Burnie in 1931 following a petition from residents to name the council based on the town it was centred on. [2][3] Burnie became a city council on 26 April 1988. [4]
Founded in 1827 as Emu Bay, the township was renamed in the early 1840s after William Burnie, a director of the Van Diemen's Land Company, [7] and proclaimed a city by Queen Elizabeth II on 26 April 1988. [8] Burnie's economy has historically been driven by heavy manufacturing, mining, forestry, and farming.
Burnie moved to London in 1820s and built numerous buildings in the Mayfair/Park Lane area of London. He sold his shares in the Van Diemen's Land Company in 1845 for 60,000 pounds, and as a consequence, was forced to resign as the Governor and a Director of the Campany.
In the 1980’s, Burnie officially became a city, with population in excess of 20,000. APPM's continuing expansion increased its workforce to about 5,000 by the 1960s, and by then other major secondary industries, pigment producer Tioxide and North West Acid, had been established.
Sep 18, 2024 · It was the centre of a municipality from 1907 and was designated a city in 1988. Burnie lies on the Bass Highway to Launceston (92 miles [148 km] east) at the junction of the main western and west coast rail lines, and it is a key commercial centre for the important region of northwestern Tasmania.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Nov 22, 2015 · Burnie is a port city of around 25,000 people on the north-west coast of Tasmania. White settlement dates from 1827, and it was named after William Burnie, an early director of the Van Diemen’s Land Company, colloquially known locally by its acronym the VDL.
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