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Country that Leichhardt pioneered in the 1840s. This route, some 1780 kilometres from Darwin to Burketown, is estimated to have taken about three months to traverse. Many of those who attempted it were arrested as soon as they arrived in Queensland, near Burketown and kept in the Burketown Gaol for a time. However, others managed to evade arrest and remain in the Gulf Country at this time, and for a long time thereafter, coming to live on the fringes of Burketown at Woods Lake and Hookeys Lagoon, as well as on stations and around mines. While living separately from other Australians, many of these men became close to Aboriginal people, conceiving children with Aboriginal wives and many people in the area today have Chinese heritage.
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Chinese people outnumbered those of European ancestry north of the tropic of Capricorn. Chinese migration into Queensland’s Gulf Country probably peaked in the early 1890s, just before the institution of the Chinese Immigration Restriction Act 1891 (Qld). This law aimed to prevent the arrival of Chinese through the introduction of a £10 poll tax—an amount equivalent to six months’ wages for an average worker at the time.
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Burketown and exported some produce to Thursday Island. No details are known of the names of the producers or of the volume of their export trade, but it seems likely that they could have been associated with the two Chinese, Lee Gee and Jimmy Ah Fin who were the local bakers in Burketown at the time.
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Burketown Hotel, established in 1920 in a building originally used as the customs bond store, was destroyed by fire in 2012. The Albert Hotel building, originally the Burketown customs house is believed to date from the 1860s. Another famous Burketown Hotel, the Commonwealth, was built in around
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Chinese skills in vegetable production were well employed. This source of fresh food was very important in countering scurvy, the scourge of remote places as well as ships at sea.
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Burketown. Only the highest part of town, near where the Council Office is currently located, escaped the waters from the Gulf of Carpentaria. A copy of a 1918 report to the Queensland Parliament from the Department of Harbours and Rivers Engineers refers
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Chinese person to legally emigrate from the Northern Territory to Queensland in this period, it would have cost this tax in addition to the cost of a steamer from Darwin to Townsville, which was £5 in 1898—a prohibitive expense. To avoid this cost, many Chinese attempted to walk overland to
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Queensland were high. However, from 1866 tropical diseases ravaged the population. The vessel "Margaret and Mary" from Sydney came into port rife with "Gulf Fever" (never properly identified, but thought to be either
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reported on 4 June 1868, "everybody in the district is delighted with the wholesale slaughter dealt out by the native police". The newspaper paid "thanks" to those involved in "ridding the district of fifty-nine (59) myalls" or local
Aboriginal people.
1540:). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 23 students with 3 teachers and 5 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 27 students with 3 teachers and 7 non-teaching staff (4 full-time equivalent).
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2425:"Mount Isa Centre for Rural and Remote Health: Burketown"
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3901:- John Oxley Library blog, State Library of Queensland
3128:"Burketown Post Office Climate Statistics (1886-2024)"
2099:"Burketown – locality in Shire of Burke (entry 42539)"
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The sewage treatment plant is off to the north of the
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3749:"Escott, Burke, State of Queensland, Australia"
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1585:Burketown Police Station is in Gregory Street (
561:spoken across almost all of the continent. The
2780:. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. pp. 107–108.
2710:"Queensland Places - Burketown - 1887 Cyclone"
2449:Burketown State School Centenary 1888 - 1988.
2399:This Knowledge article incorporates text from
774:Burketown's population peaked at 265 in 1911.
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3719:"History of Escott Station, North Queensland"
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2645:"Some light is shed on mysterious Gulf fever"
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3894:Video of Burketown and the Gulf from the air
3615:"Recreational Boating Facilities Queensland"
3350:"Emergency services facilities - Queensland"
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3016:"Boiling Down Works (entry 600375)"
2837:Australian Broadcasting Corporation
2741:Queensland schools past and present
2708:Randall, Brian (19 February 2015).
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3879:Sydney Morning Herald: Burketown
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3899:Queensland Places - Burketown
3813:"A town not quite like Alice"
3519:"Cemetery Areas - Queensland"
3453:"Landmark Areas - Queensland"
3285:"Mount Isa School of the Air"
3052:. Queensland Heritage Council
3024:. Queensland Heritage Council
2996:. Queensland Heritage Council
2968:. Queensland Heritage Council
2401:Queensland Places - Burketown
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742:The town was devastated by a
61:Town in Queensland, Australia
3935:Towns and localities in the
3647:Sydney Morning Herald 2004,
3151:ABC Australia, August 2003,
3049:Queensland Heritage Register
3021:Queensland Heritage Register
2993:Queensland Heritage Register
2965:Queensland Heritage Register
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498:Burketown is located on the
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368:Localities around Burketown:
7:
4825:Yamarrinh Wachangan Islands
3289:Mount Isa School of the Air
3255:"ACARA School Profile 2018"
3229:"ACARA School Profile 2017"
2776:Martin, Richard J. (2019).
2714:State Library of Queensland
2579:. Premier Postal Auctions.
2414:, accessed on 17 May 2021.
2405:State Library of Queensland
1746:Burketown Ambulance Station
1568:Royal Flying Doctor Service
1292:Average precipitation days
1078:Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
1008:Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
51:GPX (secondary coordinates)
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3678:Accessed 31 December 2007.
3667:Burke Shire Council 2007,
3658:Accessed 31 December 2007.
2457:Accessed 30 December 2007.
2167:Accessed 31 December 2007.
1952:Burketown is known as the
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852:Old Westmoreland Homestead
823:Burketown has a number of
623:On 2 August 1841, Captain
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4645:Michaelmas and Upolu Cays
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3889:Morning Glory Cloud Video
3319:www.savannah-aviation.com
2612:"The Voyage of the Eagle"
2199:10.1038/s41559-018-0489-3
2158:Gulf Savannah Development
2132:Gulf Savannah Development
2046:. Bureau of Meteorology.
1580:Regional Express Airlines
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21:Map all coordinates using
4937:Localities in Queensland
3867:University of Queensland
3589:Public Libraries Connect
3203:"Burketown State School"
3162:Accessed 3 October 2006.
2575:Premier Postal History.
2565:Accessed 3 October 2006.
2320:University of Queensland
2225:Burketown Visitor Centre
2163:11 February 2008 at the
1940:). It is managed by the
1803:Wills Developmental Road
1616:Burketown Police Station
876:tropical savanna climate
29:Download coordinates as:
4770:Sir Charles Hardy Group
4349:Northern Peninsula Area
3847:"Town map of Burketown"
3674:13 October 2007 at the
3669:The Morning Glory Shire
3416:"Emergency Information"
3158:11 October 2006 at the
2378:16 October 2020 at the
2221:"Our People - Discover"
2044:"BURKETOWN POST OFFICE"
607:and other missions and
573:of the Burketown area.
158:Burketown (town centre)
4876:Princess Charlotte Bay
4257:Local Government Areas
3787:Nevil Shute Foundation
2934:2016 Census QuickStats
2900:2011 Census QuickStats
2871:2006 Census QuickStats
2561:5 October 2006 at the
2501:Queensland Place Names
2472:Queensland Place Names
2103:Queensland Place Names
2074:Queensland Place Names
2018:2021 Census QuickStats
1836:sewage treatment plant
1663:Burketown SES Facility
1566:It is serviced by the
1531:Burketown State School
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629:Albert, Prince Consort
559:Pama–Nyungan languages
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4907:North West Queensland
4881:Torres Strait Islands
4655:Mitchell-Alice Rivers
3851:Queensland Government
3623:Queensland Government
3527:Queensland Government
3461:Queensland Government
3358:Queensland Government
3177:Queensland Government
3132:Bureau of Meteorology
2806:Sydney Morning Herald
2505:Queensland Government
2476:Queensland Government
2350:Queensland Government
2107:Queensland Government
2078:Queensland Government
1876:water treatment plant
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1463:Bureau of Meteorology
840:Burketown Post Office
613:Queensland Government
551:Aboriginal Australian
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212:6 m (20 ft)
41:GPX (all coordinates)
4415:Barnard Island Group
4024:Far North Queensland
3693:This Adventurous Age
3625:. 12 November 2020.
3619:Queensland Open Data
3529:. 12 November 2020.
3523:Queensland Open Data
3463:. 18 November 2020.
3457:Queensland Open Data
3360:. 18 November 2020.
3354:Queensland Open Data
2617:The Brisbane Courier
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1520:17.7389°S 139.5478°E
938:Record high °C (°F)
676:William Landsborough
563:Yukulta / Gangalidda
455:, Australia. In the
147:17.7408°S 139.5477°E
4912:Gulf of Carpentaria
4902:Towns in Queensland
4866:Hinchinbrook Island
4861:Daintree Rainforest
4560:Hinchinbrook Island
3874:Burke Shire Council
3654:2 June 2009 at the
3585:"Burketown Library"
3558:Burke Shire Council
3421:Burke Shire Council
3384:"Burketown Station"
2894:(31 October 2012).
2865:(25 October 2007).
2790:Burke Shire Council
2227:. 8 December 2017.
2191:2018NatEE...2..741B
1942:Burke Shire Council
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702:Port Dennison Times
641:Robert O'Hara Burke
609:Aboriginal reserves
535:Burke Shire Council
516:Gulf of Carpentaria
388:Gulf of Carpentaria
381:Gulf of Carpentaria
306:Federal division(s)
294:State electorate(s)
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4871:Mount Bartle Frere
4846:Atherton Tableland
4839:Places of Interest
3819:. 13 August 2021.
2577:"Post Office List"
1925:-17.7333; 139.5925
1870:-17.7391; 139.5371
1830:-17.7399; 139.5344
1789:Burketown Cemetery
1783:-17.7206; 139.5433
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1700:-17.7324; 139.5490
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846:Boiling Down Works
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645:William John Wills
635:Town establishment
586:Christian Brethren
571:traditional owners
546:Aboriginal history
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3863:Queensland Places
3553:"Water and Sewer"
3492:Queensland Health
3389:Queensland Police
3153:Soaring the Glory
2930:"Burketown (SSC)"
2896:"Burketown (SSC)"
2843:on 11 August 2016
2754:978-1-921171-26-0
2316:Queensland Places
2014:"Burketown (SAL)"
1973:A Town Like Alice
1576:Burketown Airport
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865:semi-arid climate
848:, Truganinni Road
842:, Musgrave Street
832:Landsborough Tree
819:Heritage listings
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4705:Ngalba Bulal
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