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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 ]
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]
Map of LGAs as of 2014. This is a list of local government areas (LGAs) ... Burketown: North West Queensland: 1885 39,684: 430 432 Shire of Carpentaria: Normanton:
Savannah Way (National Route 1) – south–west – Carpentaria, [10] Burketown: Northern concurrency terminus with National Route 1: Norman River: 381: 237: EB Whyte Bridge [11] – National Route 83 terminates here. Burke Developmental Road continues as State Route 27. Carpentaria: Howitt: 410: 250: Karumba Road – west – Karumba: See map ...
The Wills Developmental Road is a road in north-west Queensland running between Julia Creek and Burketown. [1] As of 2016 it is sealed with a total length of 500 kilometres (310 mi). There are no major towns along the entire route, but fuel and supplies are available at the Burke and Wills Roadhouse at Four Ways, and also at Gregory.
Map; YBKT. Location in Queensland. Runways; Direction Length Surface m ft 03/21 1,372 4,501 Asphalt 14/32 757 2,484 Black silt clay Sources: Australian AIP and ...
Map of Burke and Wills Camp B-CXIX and Walker's Camp. Burke and Wills' Camp B/CXIX and Walker's Camp are located 35 kilometres (22 mi) south-west of Normanton. They are about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of the Normanton-Burketown Road and close to the Little Bynoe River. The sites are located above the waterline on small, seasonal overflows of ...
The Gregory discharges into the Nicholson River to the southwest of Burketown, having descended 252 metres (827 ft) over its 321-kilometre (199 mi) course. [ 1 ] The river has a catchment area of approximately 24,179 square kilometres (9,336 sq mi) and is part of the 52,234 square kilometres (20,168 sq mi) Nicholson River catchment. [ 2 ]