Burketown

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Burketown
Queensland
Burketown pub (since destroyed)
Burketown is located in Queensland
Burketown
Burketown
Coordinates17°44′27″S 139°32′52″E / 17.7408°S 139.5477°E / -17.7408; 139.5477 (Burketown (town centre))
Population204 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density0.11907/km2 (0.3084/sq mi)
Established1865
Postcode(s)4830
Elevation6 m (20 ft)[2]
Area1,713.3 km2 (661.5 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Shire of Burke
State electorate(s)Traeger
Federal division(s)Kennedy
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
32.2 °C
90 °F		 20.0 °C
68 °F		 788.0 mm
31 in
Localities around Burketown:
Nicholson Gulf of Carpentaria Gulf of Carpentaria
Nicholson Burketown Carpentaria
Gregory Gregory Carpentaria

Burketown is an isolated outback town and coastal locality in the Shire of Burke, Queensland, Australia.[3][4] In the 2021 census, the locality of Burketown had a population of 204 people.[1]

It is located 898 kilometres or 558 miles west of Cairns and 227 kilometres or 141 miles west of Normanton on the Albert River and Savannah Way in the area known as the Gulf Savannah.[5]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Census2021 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "BURKETOWN POST OFFICE". Bureau of Meteorology. Archived from the original on 30 June 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2009.
  3. ^ "Burketown – town in Shire of Burke (entry 5355)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Burketown – locality in Shire of Burke (entry 42539)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Gulf Savannah Development 2007". Gulf Savannah Development. Archived from the original on 11 February 2008. Retrieved 31 December 2007.