Burnett Heads, Queensland
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{{Infobox Australian place
| type = town
| name = Burnett Heads
| state = qld
| image = Welcome to Burnett Heads.jpg
| caption = Entering Burnett Heads
| coordinates = {{coord|-24.7741|152.4172|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Burnett Heads (town centre)}}
| pop = 2908
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| established =
| postcode = 4670
| area = 17.7
| timezone = AEST
| utc = +10:00
| dist1 = 10.1
| dir1 = NNW
| location1 = Bargara
| dist2 = 17
| dir2 = NE
| location2 = Bundaberg
| dist3 = 374
| dir3 = N
| location3 = Brisbane
| dist4 =
| dir4 =
| location4 =
| lga = Bundaberg Region
| stategov = Burnett
| fedgov = Hinkler
| near-n = Coral Sea
| near-ne = Coral Sea
| near-e = Coral Sea
| near-se = Mon Repos
| near-s = Qunaba
| near-sw = Rubyanna
| near-w = Fairymead
| near-nw = Fairymead
}}
Burnett Heads is a coastal town and locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|5382|Burnett Heads|town in Bundaberg Region|access-date=26 December 2020}}{{cite QPN|44698|Burnett Heads|locality in Bundaberg Region|access-date=26 December 2020}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Burnett Heads had a population of 2,908 people.
Geography
The locality of Burnett Heads is on the southern side of the Burnett River at its mouth into the Coral Sea.The river forms the western and northern boundaries, while the ocean forms most of the eastern boundary.{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Burnett+Heads+QLD+4670/@-24.7752841,152.3732444,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x6bebc056c47e94b7:0x400eef17f20c940!8m2!3d-24.7636899!4d152.4055588 |title=Burnett Heads, Queensland |access-date=20 August 2021}}{{Queensland Globe|access-date=30 August 2021}}
The land use is a mixture of residential (mostly with proximity to the coast), industrial (mostly the Port of Bundaberg) and some agricultural use (growing sugarcane). There is a network of cane tramways to transport the harvested sugarcane to the Millaquin sugar mill for processing.
History
The Barolin run was leased by Alfred Henry Brown from 1862. This was on a coastal strip of the Barolin Plain which stretched from the southern side of the Burnett River to the northern side of the Elliott River.{{Cite web |title=Barolin Shire {{!}} Queensland Places |url=https://queenslandplaces.com.au/barolin-shire |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=queenslandplaces.com.au}}{{cite news |date=7 August 1873 |title=MR H. E. KING IN REPLY. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1323898 |accessdate=11 October 2024 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |location=Queensland, Australia |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=XXVIII |issue=4,947}}{{cite news |date=13 December 1879 |title=Barolin Forfeited Selections --The Colony "Diddled" out of 5000 acres of Land. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article217688206 |accessdate=11 October 2024 |newspaper=Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs General Advertiser |location=Queensland, Australia |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=1572}}
Burnett Heads Provisional School opened on 3 April 1878. On 17 September 1888, it became Burnett Heads State School.{{Citation|author1=Queensland Family History Society|title=Queensland schools past and present|publication-date=2010|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}
New Bundaberg is now Port Bundaberg and the Barolin Marine Township Estate is the current Burnett Heads township. Both townships are part of the current Burnett Heads locality.
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. The same map shows the Lighthouse, Pilot Station and Public Telegraph Office at South Head.{{Cite web|url=http://rosettadel.slq.qld.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?change_lng=en&dps_pid=IE424494|title=Township of New Bundaberg|website=rosettadel.slq.qld.gov.au|access-date=2019-08-27|archive-date=1 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401042131/https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/iiif-viewer/universal_viewer.jsp?manifest=https%3A%2F%2Fdigital.slq.qld.gov.au%2Fdelivery%2Fiiif%2Fpresentation%2F2.1%2FIE424494%2Fmanifest%26dps_dvs%3D1617250887298%7E5|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3414531|title=Classified Advertising|date=1 February 1883|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|access-date=27 August 2019|issue=7,818|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=XXXVII|page=8|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=1 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401042100/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3414531|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=Barolin Estate |website=State Library of Queensland |date=1 February 1883 |url=https://hdl.handle.net/10462/comp/10236 |hdl=10462/comp/10236 |hdl-access=free}}{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article146624430|title=Advertising|date=30 January 1883|newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser|access-date=24 September 2019|issue=2,977|location=Queensland, Australia|page=3|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=1 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401042104/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/146624430|url-status=live}}
The Maryborough Chronicle later reported that the New Bundaberg town allotments sold well, recording the buyers and prices paid while the Barolin estate did not sell so well on the day.{{cite news |date=19 February 1883 |title=NEW BUNDABERG SALE. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article146625602 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401042100/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/146625602 |archive-date=1 April 2021 |access-date=27 August 2019 |newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser |location=Queensland, Australia |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=2,994}} The auction was conducted three auctioneers: Bryant and Co., John Cameron and W. E. Curtis. .
In 1883, the Maryborough Barolin Syndicate proposed to build a private tramline and railway station from New Bundaberg to connect with the terminus of the Bundaberg and Burrum railway. In 1884 the New Bundaberg Land, Building, and Investment Co., Limited acquired the rights to the land reserved for that purpose. The tramline did not eventuate.{{Cite web |title=Township of New Bundaberg |url=http://rosettadel.slq.qld.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?change_lng=en&dps_pid=IE424494 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401042131/https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/iiif-viewer/universal_viewer.jsp?manifest=https%3A%2F%2Fdigital.slq.qld.gov.au%2Fdelivery%2Fiiif%2Fpresentation%2F2.1%2FIE424494%2Fmanifest%26dps_dvs%3D1617250887298%7E5 |archive-date=1 April 2021 |access-date=2019-08-27 |website=rosettadel.slq.qld.gov.au}}{{cite news |date=2 July 1883 |title=MARYBOROUGH. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article174170833 |accessdate=24 September 2024 |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=Queensland, Australia |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=3,343}}
In 1917, New Bundaberg was described as a mosquito Infested swamp.{{cite news |date=10 February 1917 |title=THE SLOPING HUMMOCK. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article216884170 |accessdate=25 September 2024 |newspaper=The Bundaberg Mail And Burnett Advertiser |location=Queensland, Australia |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=47 |issue=6,163}}
Methodist services were held at the Burnett Heads State School, until the Burnett Heads Methodist Church was opened on Thursday 6 August 1903.{{Citation|author1=Methodist Church of Australasia. Bundaberg Circuit|title=Jubilee souvenir 1875-1925|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/12490177|publication-date=1925|publisher=The Church|access-date=30 August 2021|archive-date=30 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830035355/https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/12490177|url-status=live}}{{cite news |date=5 August 1903 |title=Advertising |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article215619360 |accessdate=29 January 2025 |newspaper=The Bundaberg Mail And Burnett Advertiser |location=Queensland, Australia |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=2710}}{{cite news |date=10 August 1903 |title=Local and General News |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article215623891 |accessdate=29 January 2025 |newspaper=The Bundaberg Mail And Burnett Advertiser |location=Queensland, Australia |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=2712}} It was on the eastern side of Burnett Heads Road halfway down the school hill. In 1967, it was relocated to its present site in Zunker Street. In 1977, the Methodist Church entered into an amalgamation to create the Uniting Church in Australia; the church then became known as Burnett Heads Uniting Church.{{Cite web |title=Burnett Heads Methodist Church {{!}} Burnett Heads |url=https://www.qldreligiousplaces.net.au/View.php?id=185&Burnett%20Heads%20Methodist%20Church%20Burnett%20Heads |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=Queensland Religious Places Database}}
Burnett Heads Post Office opened by 1919 (a receiving office had been open from 1888), closed in 1924 and reopened around 1942.{{Cite web|url=http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&filter=*Burnett*Heads*|title=Post Office List|last=Phoenix Auctions History|publisher=Phoenix Auctions|access-date=20 March 2021|archive-date=1 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401042059/https://ssl.google-analytics.com/urchin.js|url-status=live}}
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 memory of their dead parents. Over 1000 people attended the ceremony.{{cite news|date=4 May 1931|title=CHURCH CONSECRATED.|page=15|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|issue=22,858|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21703231|access-date=23 September 2020|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=1 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401042120/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/21703231|url-status=live}} It was closed and sold in 1991 and has been demolished. It was at 33 Zunker Street ({{Coord|-24.76344|152.40572|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Star of the Sea Catholic Church (former)}}).{{Cite web |title=Star of the Sea Catholic Church {{!}} Burnett Heads |url=https://www.qldreligiousplaces.net.au/View.php?id=7835&Star%20of%20the%20Sea%20Catholic%20Church%20Burnett%20Heads |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=Queensland Religious Places Database}}
Archbishop William Wand laid the foundation stone for St John the Divine Anglican Church on Sunday 6 August 1939.{{cite news|date=7 August 1939|title=40 NEW CHURCHES BY END OF YEAR|page=2|newspaper=The Courier-mail|issue=1850|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article40830619|access-date=23 September 2020|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=1 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401042145/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/40830619|url-status=live}} The land for the church had been donated by Christian Mittleheuser.{{Cite web|title=St John the Divine Anglican Church|url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/locations/queensland/directory/3534-st-john-the-divine-anglican-church|access-date=2020-09-23|website=Churches Australia|language=en|archive-date=1 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001223635/https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/locations/queensland/directory/3534-st-john-the-divine-anglican-church|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Reid|first=Emma|date=2019-07-25|title=St John the Divine Anglican Church's 80th birthday – Bundaberg Now|url=https://www.bundabergnow.com/2019/07/26/st-john-the-divine-anglican-church-80th-birthday/|access-date=2020-09-23|website=Bundaberg Now|language=en-AU|archive-date=26 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926104434/https://www.bundabergnow.com/2019/07/26/st-john-the-divine-anglican-church-80th-birthday/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=2019|title=Year Book|url=https://anglicanchurchsq.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Year-Book-Volume-II-Feb-2020.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915033326/https://anglicanchurchsq.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Year-Book-Volume-II-Feb-2020.pdf|archive-date=15 September 2020|access-date=15 September 2020|publisher=Anglican Archdiocese of Brisbane|page=135|volume=2}} The church was consecrated on Sunday 4 February 1940 by Bishop Dixon.{{cite news |date=5 February 1940 |title=ORDINATION AT BUNDABERG |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article40877613 |accessdate=29 January 2025 |newspaper=The Courier-mail |location=Queensland, Australia |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=2005}}
In 1958, the Port of Bundaberg was established at Burnett Heads to better support the sugar industry and the larger ships being employed. The port of Bundaberg originally operated from the town reach of the Burnett River at Bundaberg with the Bundaberg Harbour Board being established in 1895. A major dredging project was undertaken in 2001 to cater for even larger vessels.{{Cite web|title=Port of Bundaberg|url=https://www.gpcl.com.au/port-of-bundaberg|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-30|website=Gladstone Ports Corporation|language=en|archive-date=30 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830051106/https://www.gpcl.com.au/port-of-bundaberg}}{{Cite web |title=Precinct Outlook: Port of Bundaberg |url=https://www.gpcl.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/GPCs-Port-of-Bundaberg-Precinct-Outlook.pdf |access-date=24 July 2023 |website=Gladstone Ports Corporation |page=3}}{{Better source needed|reason=this source is blacklisted;|date=July 2023}}
Demographics
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the locality of Burnett Heads had a population of 2,656 people. 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%.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC30452|name=Burnett Heads (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Burnett Heads had a population of 2,908 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL30449|name=Burnett Heads (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}
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.{{cite rowlett|qld}}
Economy
The Port of Bundaberg is located on the Burnett River at Wharf Drive ({{Coord|-24.771|152.383|type:landmark_region:AU-QLE|name=Port of Bundaberg}}). It is operated by Gladstone Ports Corporation. It has two wharves:{{Better source needed|reason=this source is blacklisted;|date=July 2023}}
- Sir Thomas Hiley Wharf for sugar, gypsum, wood pellets, bulk liquids, molasses and formerly silica sand.
- John T. Fisher Wharf for molasses imports, but is no longer in use due to aged wooden wharf needing major works, all imports and exports are handled by the Sir Thomas Hiley Wharf, there is however plans to repurpose the John T Fisher Wharf so it can be used to load items such as woodchip etc.
Education
Burnett Heads State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Burnett Heads Road ({{coord|-24.7717|152.4145|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Burnett Heads State School}}).{{cite web|date=9 July 2018|title=State and non-state school details|url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|url-status=live|publisher=Queensland Government|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|archive-date=21 November 2018}}{{Cite web |date=2020-11-29 |title=Burnett Heads State School |url=https://burnettheadsss.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=Burnett Heads State School |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Burnett Heads State School |url=https://www.burnheadss.eq.edu.au |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104223359/http://www.burnheadss.eq.edu.au/ |archive-date=4 November 2013 |access-date=21 November 2018}} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 146 students with 11 teachers (9 full-time equivalent) and 13 non-teaching staff (8 full-time equivalent).{{cite web|title=ACARA School Profile 2018|url=https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx|publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority|access-date=28 January 2020|archive-date=27 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827085246/https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx|url-status=live}}
There is no government secondary school in Burnett Heads. The nearest government secondary school is Kepnock State High School in Kepnock to the south-east.
Facilities
Burnett Heads Fire Station is at 15 Brewer Street ({{coord|-24.7639|152.4100|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Burnett Heads Fire Station}}).{{Cite web|date=18 November 2020|title=Emergency services facilities - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/923a4139-4a79-4744-8955-d73230796bd6|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124224500/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/923a4139-4a79-4744-8955-d73230796bd6|archive-date=24 November 2020|access-date=24 November 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}}
Burnett Heads SES Facility is at 13 Brewer Street beside the fire station ({{coord|-24.7637|152.4100|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Burnett Heads SES Facility}}).
Volunteer Marine Rescue Bundaberg has its base at 51 Harbour Esplanade ({{coord|-24.7608|152.4014|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Volunteer Marine Rescue Bundaberg}}). Its area of coverage is approximately {{Convert|4000|nmi2}} off the Central Queensland coast from Fairfax Islands ({{Coord|-23.856|152.371|type:isle_region:AU-QLD|name=Fairfax Islands}}) to the north, to Burrum River ({{Coord|-25.179|152.614|type:river_region:AU-QLD|name=Burrum River}}) to the south, and to the ocean side of Fraser Island (approx {{Coord|-24.694|153.295|type:waterbody_region:AU-QLD|name=Ocean east of Fraser Island}}) to the east.{{Cite web|title=VMR Bundaberg|url=http://marinerescueqld.org.au/locations/vmr-bundaberg/|access-date=2021-08-30|website=Marine Rescue Queensland|language=en-US|archive-date=30 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830045123/http://marinerescueqld.org.au/locations/vmr-bundaberg/|url-status=live}}
Amenities
St John the Divine Anglican Church is at 1 Paul Mittelheuser Street ({{Coord|-24.7634|152.4080|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=St John the Divine Anglican Church}}).{{Cite Google Maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@-24.7633225,152.4081978,3a,46.9y,252.78h,94.3t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1svjTMXM7ybaqrLMAxsu2Atg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-4.299388680595683%26panoid%3DvjTMXM7ybaqrLMAxsu2Atg%26yaw%3D252.7820527049892!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDEyNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D|access-date=29 January 2025|title=St John the Divine Anglican Church|SV=yes|date=January 2015}}{{Cite web |title=St John the Divine Anglican Church {{!}} Burnett Heads |url=https://www.qldreligiousplaces.net.au/View.php?id=2928&St%20John%20the%20Divine%20Anglican%20Church%20Burnett%20Heads |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=Queensland Religious Places Database}} A service is held every Saturday.{{Cite web|title=Worship|url=http://www.bundaberganglican.org/worship|access-date=2020-09-23|website=Anglican Parish of Bundaberg|archive-date=23 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923045408/http://www.bundaberganglican.org/worship|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=Parish Centres |url=https://www.bundaberganglican.org/parish-centres |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=Bundaberg Anglican |language=}}
Burnett Heads Uniting Church is at 14 Zunker Street ({{Coord|-24.7648|152.4113|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Burnett Heads Uniting Church}}). A service is held every Sunday morning.{{Cite web |title=Bargara Uniting Church |url=https://www.bundaberguca.org.au/ |access-date=2021-04-01 |website=Bargara Uniting Church |language=en-AU |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305203107/https://www.bundaberguca.org.au/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|title=Worship Services|url=https://bundaberguca.org.au/worship-services/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-01|website=Bundaberg Uniting Church|language=en-US|archive-date=3 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303090604/https://bundaberguca.org.au/worship-services/}}{{Google Maps|access-date=1 April 2021|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@-24.7644992,152.4112852,3a,24.4y,178.73h,90.6t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sy9o1EJAi4iFwoMrMUPvGrw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192|title=Burnett Heads Uniting Church|SV=yes|date=November 2020}}{{cite web|title=Find a Church|url=https://ucaqld.com.au/find-a-church/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024234524/https://ucaqld.com.au/find-a-church/|archive-date=24 October 2020|access-date=22 November 2020|website=Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod}}{{Cite web|title=Burnett Heads Uniting Church|url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/uniting-church-in-australia/directory/3708-burnett-heads-uniting-church|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-29|website=Churches Australia|language=en|archive-date=29 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829025058/https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/uniting-church-in-australia/directory/3708-burnett-heads-uniting-church}}
There are a number of parks in the area:
- 4BU Park ({{coord|-24.7620|152.4017|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=4BU Park}}){{Cite web|date=20 November 2020|title=Land for public recreation - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/land-for-public-recreation-queensland/resource/d55804bc-f416-478b-8e9a-c12587ce8009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122211519/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/land-for-public-recreation-queensland/resource/d55804bc-f416-478b-8e9a-c12587ce8009|archive-date=22 November 2020|access-date=22 November 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}}
- Abberton Park ({{coord|-24.7765|152.3893|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Abberton Park}})
- Dorothea Mackellar Park ({{coord|-24.7793|152.4202|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Dorothea Mackellar Park}})
- Jack Strathdee Memorial Park ({{coord|-24.7640|152.4151|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Jack Strathdee Memorial Park}})
Events
In recognition of its lighthouses, Burnett Heads stages the annual Lighthouse Festival on the last Saturday in October.{{cite web|url=http://www.thelighthousefestival.com.au|title=The Lighthouse Festival|access-date=26 June 2017|archive-date=24 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724034214/http://www.thelighthousefestival.com.au/|url-status=live}}
References
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Further reading
- {{cite book |title=Burnett Head State School centenary, 1878-1978 |date=1978}} — [https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/11l3i0/alma997116724702061 via State Library of Queensland]
External links
{{commons category|Burnett Heads}}
- [http://queenslandplaces.com.au/burnett-heads University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Burnett Heads]
- {{cite loa|QLD|Burnett%20Heads|Old Burnett Heads Lighthouse|url3=Burnett%20Heads%20Old}}
- {{cite loa|QLD|Burnett%20Heads|New Burnett Heads Lighthouse|url3=Burnett%20Heads%20New}}
- [https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-burnett-heads-sh1-1972.jpg Town map of Burnett Heads (north), 1972]
- [https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-burnett-heads-sh2-1973.jpg Town map of Burnett Heads (south), 1973]
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