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Satellite image of Burketown on 12 May 2021. Burketown is located on the Albert River 2,115 kilometres (1,314 mi) to the north west of the state capital, Brisbane, with the nearest larger town being Normanton, 227 kilometres (141 mi) to the east, and the nearest city being Mount Isa, 425 kilometres (264 mi) to the south.
The City of Brisbane was created from the 30 October 1924 amalgamation of: ... Burketown: North West Queensland: 1885 39,684: 430 432 Shire of Carpentaria: Normanton:
The major town and administrative centre of the shire is Burketown. The shire and town are named in honour of ill-fated explorer Robert O'Hara Burke. [3] The Gangalidda name for Burketown is Mungibi meaning ‘little Island’ for the fact that flooding in the wet season often isolates the town. [citation needed]
By September 1884, Burns Philp had taken over a number of small businesses in Burketown, [20] and in October, builder Andrew Murphie was engaged in building a large warehouse for Burns Philp in Normanton which was claimed to be the company's largest in Queensland outside of Brisbane. [1] [21] Normanton was thriving at that time.
James Alpin Macpherson (1842–23 August 1895) sometimes spelled "MacPherson" or "McPherson," and otherwise known as The Wild Scotchman, was a Scottish–born Australian bushranger active in Queensland and New South Wales in the 1860s.
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Initially the company offers a service from Brisbane to Mackay, Townsville, Cairns, Port Douglas and Cooktown. [4] In September 1882, the company spent £25,000 to purchase the Tasmanian Wharf in Sydney to extend their services to Sydney. [5] Later the company extended their services to Normanton, Burketown, Thursday Island and New Guinea.