Burketown
Burketown is an isolated outback town and coastal locality in the Shire of Burke, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, the locality of Burketown had a population of 238 people.
| Burketown Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Burketown pub (since destroyed) | |||||||||||||||
Burketown | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 17.7408°S 139.5477°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 238 (2016 census) | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.13891/km2 (0.3598/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1865 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4830 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 6 m (20 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 1,713.3 km2 (661.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Shire of Burke | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Traeger | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Kennedy | ||||||||||||||
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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.
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