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In 1977, the Methodist Church entered into an amalgamation to create the Uniting Church in Australia; the church then became known as Burnett Heads Uniting Church. [21] Burnett Heads Post Office opened by 1919 (a receiving office had been open from 1888), closed in 1924 and reopened around 1942. [22]
By 2013 the church had closed and there was a controversial proposal to convert it into a 16-bed backpacker hostel. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] In the 1950s, a new bulk sugar terminal was built without a rail link so sugar was transported from Wallaville by road instead of rail, leading to the closure of the railway in June 1964.
Burrum Heads was originally called Traviston after the original owner Robert Travis. Traviston was renamed Burrum Heads in 1960, which takes its name from the Burrum River, which in turn is a word in the Kabi language meaning rocks interrupting river flow. [2] The Burrum Heads public library opened in 1987 and underwent a major refurbishment in ...
The Bundaberg central business district is situated along the southern bank of the Burnett River, about 20 km (12 mi) from its mouth at Burnett Heads, and flows into the Coral Sea. [3] The city is sited on a rich coastal plain , supporting one of the nation's most productive agricultural regions.
Burnett Heads Road is a state-controlled district road (number 1751), rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS). [2] [3] It runs from Bundaberg–Port Road in Burnett Heads to Zunker Street in Burnett Heads, a distance of 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi). This road has no major intersections.
Port of Bundaberg is located at Burnett Heads, 20 kilometres (12 mi) northeast of the city of Bundaberg, 5.6 nautical miles from the mouth of the Burnett River in Queensland, Australia. The port is a destination for ships from Australia and overseas.
Point Danger Light, also known as the Captain Cook Memorial Light, is an active lighthouse located on Point Danger, a headland between Coolangatta and Tweed Heads, marking the border between Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. It lays claim to be the first lighthouse in the world to experiment with laser as a light source. [4]
In the 2016 census, the locality of Childers had a population of 1,584 people. 80.1% of people were born in Australia and 87.0% of people spoke only English at home.The most common responses for religion were No Religion 23.0%, Anglican 21.2% and Catholic 17.8%.