South Burnie is a locality and suburb of
Burnie in the local government area of
City of Burnie, in the
North West region of
Tasmania. It is located about south-east of the town of Burnie. The
Bass Highway passes from south-east to north-west along the shore of
Bass Strait
Bass Strait () is a strait separating the island state of Tasmania from the Australian mainland (more specifically the coast of Victoria, with the exception of the land border across Boundary Islet). The strait provides the most direct waterwa ...
, which forms part of the northern boundary. The
Emu River forms part of the eastern boundary. The
2016 census
Sixteen or 16 may refer to:
*16 (number), the natural number following 15 and preceding 17
*one of the years 16 BC, AD 16, 1916, 2016
Films
* ''Pathinaaru'' or ''Sixteen'', a 2010 Tamil film
* ''Sixteen'' (1943 film), a 1943 Argentine film dir ...
determined a population of 331 for the state suburb of South Burnie.
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History
The municipal area of City of Burnie, of which South Burnie is part, was proclaimed a city on 26 Apr 1988. It was previously named Emu Bay Municipality. The municipality and the bay to its north were named for the Emu River, which was named in 1827 for emu tracks seen in the vicinity. Burnie, and thus South Burnie, was named for William Burnie, who was the Director of the Van Diemen's Land Company.
Road infrastructure
The C112 route (Massy-Greene Drive) terminates at the Bass Highway in South Burnie. It runs south through the locality to Emu Heights
Emu Heights is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Emu Heights is located 58 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith.
Emu Heights sits on the la ...
, and from there provides access to the B18 route (Ridgley Highway) which leads to the Murchison Highway.
References
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Suburbs of Burnie, Tasmania
Towns in Tasmania