Shire of Burke

Shire of Burke
Queensland
Location within Queensland
Population419 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density0.010558/km2 (0.02735/sq mi)
Established1885
Area39,684 km2 (15,322.1 sq mi)[2] +
MayorErnie Camp
Council seatBurketown
RegionNorth West Queensland
State electorate(s)Traeger
Federal division(s)Kennedy
WebsiteShire of Burke
LGAs around Shire of Burke:
Gulf of Carpentaria Gulf of Carpentaria Doomadgee
Mornington
Roper Gulf (NT) Shire of Burke Carpentaria
Barkly (NT) Mount Isa Cloncurry

The Shire of Burke is a local government area in North West Queensland, Australia. The shire lies on the south coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria and abuts the border with the Northern Territory. It covers an area of 39,864 square kilometres (15,391.6 sq mi), and has existed as a local government entity since 1885. 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]

From the months of August to November, a rare meteorological phenomenon known as "Morning Glory" – long, tubular clouds, some up to 1000 km in length – are often observed in the skies above Burke Shire.[4]

The shire contains Boodjamulla National Park (formerly called Lawn Hill National Park) and the World Heritage Site Riversleigh fossil fields. The Aboriginal Shire of Doomadgee lies inside Burke Shire to the west of Burketown. It also includes Gregory Downs.

In the 2021 census, the Shire of Burke had a population of 419 people.[1]

History

Yukulta (also known as Ganggalida) is an Australian Aboriginal language. The Yukulta language region is the Gulf Country including the local government areas of the Aboriginal Shire of Doomadgee and Shire of Mornington.[5]

Yulluna (also known as Yalarnga, Yalarrnga, Jalanga, Jalannga, Wonganja, Gunggalida, Jokula) is an Australian Aboriginal language. The Yulluna language region includes the local government boundaries of the Shire of Cloncurry and other areas near the Gulf of Carpentaria.[6]

Garrwa (also known as Garawa) is a language of the Gulf region, taking in the localities of Borroloola and Westmoreland. The Garrwa language region takes in the landscape of the Roper Gulf Regional Council and the Doomadgee Shire Council.[7]

Map of Burke Division, March 1902

The Doonmunya Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 with a population of 396.[8] However, the divisional board appeared to be completely inactive, perhaps because the division was so large (being the area surrounding the southern part of the Gulf of Carpentaria) and was very sparsely settled.[9] Nonetheless some of the citizens were unhappy about this.[10] Consequently, on 11 January 1883, the Doonmunya Division was abolished and a new Carpentaria Division was created to replace it.[11][12][13]

However, once the Carpentaria Divisional Board became operational, the residents of the Burketown area became concerned that their rates were likely to be spent on the Normanton area rather than their own and began to agitate for their own division west of the Leichhardt River.[14] On 30 January 1885, the Burke Division was created from lands formerly within the Carpentaria Division with some adjustments to the Cloncurry Division.[15][16][17]

On 31 March 1903, Burke Division became the Shire of Burke.[18]

Towns and localities

The Shire of Burke includes the following settlements:

Escott

Escott Station derives its name from its 1869 ownership by the English, Scottish, Australian Pastoral Co. In 1942, an American Liberator bomber crashed at Moonlight Creek, which was then a part of Escott. As the cattle station became less viable in the 1970s, it was opened up to tourists, and the Escott Barramundi Lodge was established in 1979.[19][20] The homestead is located at 17°43'59"S, 139°25'0"E,[21] and there is an airstrip.[22] It no longer functions as tourist accommodation.[23]

Amenities

The Burke Shire Council operate public library in Burketown.[24]

Chairmen and mayors

Demographics

The populations below exclude the Aboriginal community of Doomadgee, which hovered between 800-1000 residents for most of the period under consideration.

Year Population Notes
1933 355 [citation needed]
1947 250 [citation needed]
1954 248 [citation needed]
1961 361 [citation needed]
1966 291 [citation needed]
1971 384 [citation needed]
1976 413 [citation needed]
1981 466 [citation needed]
1986 511 [citation needed]
1991 513 [citation needed]
1996 660 [citation needed]
2001 census 2,129 [31]
2006 census 498 [32]
2011 census 514 [33]
2016 census 328 [34]
2021 census 419 [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Shire of Burke (LGA)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Burketown (entry 5355)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  4. ^ ABC Australia, August 2003, Soaring the Glory Accessed 12 December 2006.
  5. ^ This Wikipedia article incorporates CC BY 4.0 licensed text from: "Yukulta". Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map. State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  6. ^ This Wikipedia article incorporates CC BY 4.0 licensed text from: "Yulluna". Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map. State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  7. ^ This Wikipedia article incorporates CC BY 4.0 licensed text from: "Indigenous languages map of Queensland". State Library of Queensland. State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Proclamation [Doonmunya Division]". Queensland Government Gazette. 11 November 1879. p. 25:1007.
  9. ^ "Local Government Practically Applied". The Queenslander. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 15 January 1881. p. 71. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  10. ^ "NORMANTON". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 12 January 1883. p. 6. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  11. ^ "Proclamation [Doonmunya Division abolished]". Queensland Government Gazette. 13 January 1883. p. 32:98.
  12. ^ "Proclamation [Carpentaria Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 13 January 1883. p. 32:98.
  13. ^ "Agency ID 556, Carpentaria Divisional Board". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  14. ^ "BURKETOWN". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 26 September 1884. p. 6. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  15. ^ "Proclamation [Burke Division constituted]". Queensland Government Gazette. 31 January 1885. p. 36:328-329.
  16. ^ "Proclamation [Carpentaria Division amended]". Queensland Government Gazette. 31 January 1885. p. 36:328.
  17. ^ "Proclamation [Cloncurry Division amended]". Queensland Government Gazette. 31 January 1885. p. 36:327-328.
  18. ^ "Agency ID 546, Burke Shire Council". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  19. ^ "History of Escott Station, North Queensland". Dropbears. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  20. ^ "A Dude in the Outback". The New York Times. 22 June 1986. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  21. ^ "Escott, Burke, State of Queensland, Australia". Mindat.org. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  22. ^ "Escott, Queensland, Australia (AU)". Airport Codes. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  23. ^ "Escott Lodge". This Adventurous Age. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  24. ^ "Burke Shire Council". Public Libraries Connect. State Library of Queensland. 20 September 2016. Archived from the original on 5 February 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  25. ^ Pugh, Theophilus Parsons (1927). Pugh's Almanac for 1927. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  26. ^ "2008 Burke Shire - Mayoral Election - Election Summary". 31 August 2010. Electoral Commission of Queensland. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  27. ^ "2012 Burke Shire - Mayoral Election - Election Summary". Electoral Commission of Queensland. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  28. ^ "Mayor and Councillor Profiles". Burke Shire Council. Burke Shire Council. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  29. ^ "2016 Burke Shire Council - Mayoral Election - Election Summary". Electoral Commission of Queensland. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  30. ^ "2020 Local Government Elections: Saturday, 28 March 2020". Electoral Commission of Queensland. 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.[dead link]
  31. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (9 March 2006). "Shire of Burke (LGA)". 2001 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 22 June 2024. Edit this at Wikidata
  32. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Shire of Burke (LGA)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  33. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Shire of Burke (LGA)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 22 June 2024. Edit this at Wikidata
  34. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Shire of Burke (LGA)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  • "Burke Shire". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.

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