Burnett Heads, Queensland

Burnett Heads is a coastal town and locality at the mouth of the Burnett River in Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia,[2][3] located 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) north of the regional city of Bundaberg. In the 2016 census, Burnett Heads recorded a population of 2,656 people.[1]

Burnett Heads
Queensland
Entering Burnett Heads
Burnett Heads
Coordinates24°46′0″S 152°24′0″E
Population2,656 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)4670
Location
LGA(s)Bundaberg Region
State electorate(s)Burnett
Federal Division(s)Hinkler
Localities around Burnett Heads:
Fairymead Coral Sea Coral Sea
Fairymead Burnett Heads Coral Sea
Rubyanna Qunaba Mon Repos

History

In February 1883, land surveyed by Charlton and Gardiner, licensed surveyors, in the township of New Bundaberg was offered for sale in the Victoria Hall, Bundaberg. The locality map advertising the sale also shows land in the Barolin Marine Township Estate to be offered for sale on the same day.[4][5] The Maryborough Chronicle later reported that the Bundaberg town allotments sold well, recording the buyers and prices paid while the Barolin estate did not sell so well on the day.[6] In February 1883 and Barolin Estate was auctioned by three auctioneers: Bryant and Co., John Cameron and W. E. Curtis. A map advertising the estate shows the estate to be close to Burnett River.[7][8]

Burnett Heads Post Office opened by 1919 (a receiving office had been open from 1888), closed in 1924 and reopened around 1942.[9]

On Sunday 3 May 1931 Archbishop James Duhig consecrated a new Roman Catholic Church in Burnett Heads. It was entirely funded by the Zunker family in member of their dead parents. Over 1000 people attended the ceremony.[10]

Archbishop William Wand laid the foundation stone for St John the Divine Anglican Church on Sunday 6 August 1939.[11] The land for the church had been donated by Christian Mittleheuser.[12][13][14]

Population

According to the 2016 census of Population, 2,656 people in Burnett Heads.

  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.8% of the population.
  • 80.5% of people were born in Australia. The next most common country of birth was England at 4.0.
  • 91.9% of people spoke only English at home.
  • The most common responses for religion were No Religion 31.0%, Anglican 22.5%, Catholic 16.3% and Uniting Church 7.7%.[1]

Heritage

The town's most notable feature is its historic timber lighthouse, the Old Burnett Heads Light, dating from 1873. The structure, originally sited on South Head (the southern entrance to the Burnett River), was replaced by a modern structure in 1971; the original lighthouse was restored and moved to a local park off Mittelheuser Street. It includes the original Fresnel lens.[15] The old and the new in contrast as removal contractors John Reid crane operator and son Stephen Reid, Keith Reid crane operator and Jim O'Connor crane operator from the harbour board, lift the original Burnett Heads lighthouse from its foundation from 1873–1972 is to be re-sited beside the Burnett heads hall as a monument to days gone by.

Amenities

St John the Divine Anglican Church is at 1 Paul Mittelheuser Street (24.7634°S 152.4080°E / -24.7634; 152.4080 (St John the Divine Anglican Church)). A service is held every Saturday.[16]

Events

In recognition of its lighthouses, Burnett Heads stages the annual Lighthouse Festival on the last Saturday in October.[17]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Burnett Heads (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  2. "Burnett Heads – town (entry 5382)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  3. "Burnett Heads – locality (entry 44698)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  4. "Township of New Bundaberg". rosettadel.slq.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  5. "Classified Advertising". The Brisbane Courier. XXXVII (7, 818). Queensland, Australia. 1 February 1883. p. 8. Retrieved 27 August 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "NEW BUNDABERG SALE". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser (2, 994). Queensland, Australia. 19 February 1883. p. 3. Retrieved 27 August 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "Barolin Estate". 1 February 1883. hdl:10462/comp/10236. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. "Advertising". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser (2, 977). Queensland, Australia. 30 January 1883. p. 3. Retrieved 24 September 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  10. "CHURCH CONSECRATED". The Brisbane Courier (22, 858). Queensland, Australia. 4 May 1931. p. 15. Retrieved 23 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. "40 NEW CHURCHES BY END OF YEAR". The Courier-mail (1850). Queensland, Australia. 7 August 1939. p. 2. Retrieved 23 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. "St John the Divine Anglican Church". Churches Australia. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  13. Reid, Emma (25 July 2019). "St John the Divine Anglican Church's 80th birthday – Bundaberg Now". Bundaberg Now. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  14. "Year Book" (PDF). Anglican Archdiocese of Brisbane. 2019. p. 135. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  15. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Australia: Southern Queensland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  16. "Worship". Anglican Parish of Bundaberg. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  17. "The Lighthouse Festival". Retrieved 26 June 2017.

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