Place:Burnie, Tasmania, Australia

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NameBurnie
Alt namesEmu Baysource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeCity
Coordinates41.05°S 145.917°E
Located inTasmania, Australia
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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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.

, Burnie had an urban population of 19,550. Burnie is governed by the City of Burnie local government area.

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