Burnie is a port city located on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. It is the fourth largest city on the island, located approximat…Burnie is a port city located on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. It is the fourth largest city on the island, located approximately 325 kilometres north-west of the state capital of Hobart, 147 kilometres north-west of Launceston, and 47 kilometres west of Devonport. Founded in 1827 as Emu Bay, the township was renamed in the early 1840s after William Burnie, a director of the Van Diemen's Land Company, and proclaimed a city by Queen Elizabeth II on 26 April 1988. As of the 2021 census, Burnie has a population of 19,918, with a municipality area spanning 600 square kilometres, administered by the City of Burnie.
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