Burketown

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Burketown

Total population

167

WeatherAvg high 89°F

Coordinates-17.74°, 139.55°

Demographic figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Burketown is an isolated outback town and coastal locality in the Shire of Burke, Queensland, Australia. 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. In the 2021 census, the locality of Burketown had a population of 204 people.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Nearby places in Queensland

• Njinjilki
  44.8 mi away
• Gregory
  65.7 mi away
• Karumba
  87 mi away · pop. 487
• Normanton
  100.9 mi away · pop. 1,326
• Burke and Wills
  115.1 mi away
• Camooweal
  177.3 mi away · pop. 152
• Croydon
  180.2 mi away
• Strathmore
  198.4 mi away
• Pormpuraaw
  239.6 mi away · pop. 606
• Julia Creek
  247.4 mi away · pop. 377
• Georgetown
  265.6 mi away · pop. 222
• Forsayth
  272.7 mi away · pop. 58

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Burketown

From Derby round to Burketown

Norman Lang McKellar · 1977

Tips for Queensland Research

Judy Webster · 2008

Spear and club, rifle and revolver

E. K. Patterson · 2021

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Achaea argilla

Achaea argilla

Seen 2026-07-21

African tulip tree

Spathodea campanulata

Seen 2026-07-16

Gray-crowned Babbler

Pomatostomus temporalis

Seen 2026-06-02

Yellow-tinted Honeyeater

Ptilotula flavescens

Seen 2026-06-02

River sheoak

Casuarina cunninghamiana

Seen 2026-06-01

Australasian Swamphen

Porphyrio melanotus

Seen 2026-06-01

Black-headed Skimmer

Crocothemis nigrifrons

Seen 2026-06-01

Australian Bluetail

Ischnura heterosticta

Seen 2026-06-01

Sacred Kingfisher

Todiramphus sanctus

Seen 2026-06-01

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).