Burnie, Tasmania

Burnie is a port city on the north-west coast of Tasmania, originally settled in 1827 as Emu Bay. The town was renamed for William Burnie - a director of the Van Diemen's Land Company - in the early 1840s. The city usually includes the outer town of Somerset. The city's motto is "non nobis solum" (not for ourselves alone); for many years this was on the council seal but in 1992 a new, more colourful logo was created which did not include the motto. It did also not include the emu (which had been Burnie's unofficial animal emblem). Burnie's floral emblem is the rhododendron.

Related Topics:
Tasmania - 1827 - Van Diemen's Land - 1840 - Somerset - 1992

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Burnie is home to the north west campus of the University of Tasmania, and Hellyer College.

Related Topics:
University of Tasmania - Hellyer College

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