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Romaine is a suburb of the
City of Burnie Burnie City Council (or City of Burnie) is a local government body in Tasmania, located in the city and surrounds of Burnie in the north-west of the state. The Burnie local government area is classified as urban and has a population of 19,348, ...
in north-west
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, Australia. The Romaine Reserve is 12.69ha of park lands that runs down the eastern side of the suburb, along Romaine Creek. The Reserve contains both remnant and exotic vegetation, with large mountain ashes, white gums, substorey blackwoods and man ferns. The walking tracks link up with
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Reserve. Romaine Creek is home to Engaeus yabbimunna a freshwater crayfish. The Emu Valley Rhododendron Garden was created in 1981 and is now a tourist attraction.


Education

The Romaine Primary School was opened in 2012, it was announced in 2009 that its creation was from the merger of Acton Primary School, Upper Burnie and Brooklyn Primary Schools and that the new school was built on the grounds of the Parklands High School. Parklands High School was relocated from Parklands to Romaine in 1966.


Churches


Romaine Park Christian CentreRecharge Church


Sports

Romaine competes in the Burnie Netball Association. In 1906 the Romaine Football Club was created by the renaming the Emu Bay Football Club. Three years later in 1909 it was renamed the Burnie Football Club. The
Burnie Dockers Football Club Burnie Dockers Football Club is an Australian rules football club in Burnie, Tasmania, Australia. The club currently competes in the North West Football League (NWFL). Club history The Burnie Dockers were formed as a result of a merger betwee ...
is the current name of the football club.


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Romaine Primary SchoolParklands High School
Suburbs of Burnie, Tasmania {{Burnie-geo-stub