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    (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) Burketown is an isolated outback town and coastal locality in the Shire of Burke...
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  • Burketown Airport (IATA: BUC, ICAO: YBKT) is an airport located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) southwest of Burketown, Queensland, Australia. List of...
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    of land and sea in the area. Morning Glory clouds can be observed from Burketown from late September to early November. The town attracts glider pilots...
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    Southern Gulf. The best vantage point to see this phenomenon is in the Burketown area shortly after dawn. The Gulf of Carpentaria is known to contain fringing...
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    From there Doomadgee Road runs to Burketown, and Nardoo Burketown Road then runs to the Leichhardt River. Burketown Normanton Road runs from the river...
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    the shire is Burketown. The shire and town are named in honour of ill-fated explorer Robert O'Hara Burke. The Gangalidda name for Burketown is Mungibi meaning...
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    Down Works is a heritage-listed boiling down works at Truganinni Road, Burketown, Shire of Burke, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1891 to 1901...
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    mining town of Leonora, Western Australia. The aircraft crashed near Burketown, Queensland, Australia, resulting in the deaths of all eight occupants...
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    Normanton and Burketown. The port at Karumba is one of Australia's main live cattle exporting ports. The oldest building in the region is the Burketown Hotel...
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  • Bucciali, a French 1920s automobile The abbreviation BUC may refer to: Burketown Airport Barcelona Universitari Club, a rugby club based in Barcelona BUC...
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    Burketown Post Office is a heritage-listed former post office at Musgrave Street, Burketown, Shire of Burke, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by...
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    continued to fly across Australia for five hours before crashing near Burketown in northwestern Queensland, killing all eight on board. Dubbed the "Ghost...
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  • prisoners during the war. The fictional "Willstown" is reportedly based on Burketown and Normanton in Queensland, which Shute visited in 1948. (Burke and Wills...
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    because part of the story is set in Willstown (possibly modelled on Burketown) situated north of Alice Springs, near the Gulf of Carpentaria. The heroine...
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    his dog, a Jack Russell Terrier named Seraphine, from Port Augusta to Burketown. It took him 128 days, spanning a distance of approximately 2,500 km....
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  • from the Northern Territory border, and 93 kilometres (58 mi) west of Burketown. The settlement began with the establishment of the Doomadgee Mission...
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    This move provoked outrage in Queensland amongst advocates of the Darwin–Burketown route. The final contract was secured in 1870 when the South Australian...
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  • Birdsville Airport Boulia Boulia Airport Brisbane Brisbane Airport Base Burketown Burketown Airport Cairns Cairns Airport Base Charleville Charleville Airport...
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    retains a record for historical purposes. The center of local government is Burketown. Queensland showing counties / compiled and published at the Survey Department...
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    were received back at a large ceremony in Adelaide.[citation needed] Burketown, Queensland Burke River in western Queensland. O'Haras Gap, Selwyn Ranges...
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  • YBWM BIP Bulimba Airport Bundaberg YBUD BDB Bundaberg Airport Burketown YBKT BUC Burketown Airport Caboolture YCAB Caboolture Airfield Canobie YCBE CBY...
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    Island, Mackay, Moranbah, Rockhampton, Townsville, Weipa Rex Airlines Burketown, Doomadgee, Mornington Island, Mount Isa, Normanton, Townsville Singapore...
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  • throughout the Australian continent, from Porte Augusta in South Australia to Burketown in Queensland. The documentary has three executive producers: Philippa...
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    "Virginia". World Aero Data. WorldAeroData.com. Retrieved 2 March 2020. "Burketown". World Aero Data. WorldAeroData.com. Retrieved 27 January 2020. "Gold...
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  • Karumba, Mourilyan, Skardon River, Quintell Beach, Thursday Island, Burketown and Cooktown, in Queensland, Australia. Since 2023, the shareholding Ministers...
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    Eva" was a USAAF Consolidated B-24 Liberator which crashed north-west of Burketown, Queensland (near the Gulf of Carpentaria) on 2 December 1942. The aircraft...
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  • of outback Queensland. It is situated 100 kilometres (62 mi) south of Burketown and 160 kilometres (99 mi) south west of Normanton. The Leichhardt River...
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  • Birdsville Blackall Blackwater Boigu Island Boulia Bowen Brisbane Bundaberg Burketown Caboolture Cairns Caloundra Camooweal Charleville Charters Towers Chillagoe...
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    Landsborough Tree (category Burketown)
    Landsborough Tree is a heritage-listed tree at Burketown, Shire of Burke, Queensland, Australia. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21...
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    Mitchell Queensland 1864 Somerset Queensland No longer inhabited. 1865 Burketown Queensland 1865 Charleville Queensland 1865 Roebourne Western Australia...
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