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background-color:#d2d5f9;">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">419 (<a href="/wiki/2021_Australian_census" title="2021 Australian census">2021 census</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Census2021_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="6998105584114504586♠"></span>0.010558/km<sup>2</sup> (0.02735/sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1885</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">39,684 km<sup>2</sup> (15,322.1 sq mi)<sup id="cite_ref-ABSLGA_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABSLGA-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> +</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;">Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Ernie Camp</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;">Council seat</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Burketown,_Queensland" class="mw-redirect" title="Burketown, Queensland">Burketown</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_Australia" title="List of regions of Australia">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gulf_Country" title="Gulf Country">North West Queensland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;"><a href="/wiki/Electorates_of_the_Australian_states_and_territories" title="Electorates of the Australian states and territories">State electorate(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Traeger" title="Electoral district of Traeger">Traeger</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;"><a href="/wiki/Divisions_of_the_Australian_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives">Federal division(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Kennedy" title="Division of Kennedy">Kennedy</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Burkeshirecouncil_logo.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1e/Burkeshirecouncil_logo.gif" decoding="async" width="225" height="112" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="225" data-file-height="112" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.burke.qld.gov.au/">Shire of Burke</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="3" style="width:100%; border: 1px #ddd solid;"> <tbody><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f0f0ff;padding: 2px 0px; text-align:center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Australia" title="Local government in Australia">LGAs</a> around Shire of Burke:</b></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><i><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Carpentaria" title="Gulf of Carpentaria">Gulf of Carpentaria</a></i></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:34%;"><i><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Carpentaria" title="Gulf of Carpentaria">Gulf of Carpentaria</a></i></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_Shire_of_Doomadgee" title="Aboriginal Shire of Doomadgee">Doomadgee</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Mornington_(Queensland)" title="Shire of Mornington (Queensland)">Mornington</a></td> </tr><tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><i><a href="/wiki/Roper_Gulf_Region" title="Roper Gulf Region">Roper Gulf</a> (<a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">NT</a>)</i></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px 0px; width:34%;font-weight:bold;">Shire of Burke</td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Carpentaria" title="Shire of Carpentaria">Carpentaria</a></td> </tr><tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><i><a href="/wiki/Barkly_Region" title="Barkly Region">Barkly</a> (<a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">NT</a>)</i></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:34%;"><a href="/wiki/City_of_Mount_Isa" title="City of Mount Isa">Mount Isa</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Cloncurry" title="Shire of Cloncurry">Cloncurry</a></td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Shire of Burke</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Australia" title="Local government in Australia">local government area</a> in <a href="/wiki/North_West_Queensland" class="mw-redirect" title="North West Queensland">North West Queensland</a>, Australia. The shire lies on the south coast of the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Carpentaria" title="Gulf of Carpentaria">Gulf of Carpentaria</a> and abuts the border with the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a>. It covers an area of 39,864 square kilometres (15,391.6 sq mi), and has existed as a local government entity since 1885. The major town and administrative centre of the shire is <a href="/wiki/Burketown,_Queensland" class="mw-redirect" title="Burketown, Queensland">Burketown</a>. </p><p>The shire and town are named in honour of ill-fated explorer <a href="/wiki/Robert_O%27Hara_Burke" title="Robert O'Hara Burke">Robert O'Hara Burke</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Gangalidda" class="mw-redirect" title="Gangalidda">Gangalidda</a> name for Burketown is <i>Mungibi</i> meaning ‘little Island’ for the fact that flooding in the wet season often isolates the town.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>From the months of August to November, a rare meteorological phenomenon known as "<a href="/wiki/Morning_glory_cloud" class="mw-redirect" title="Morning glory cloud">Morning Glory</a>" – long, tubular clouds, some up to 1000 km in length – are often observed in the skies above Burke Shire.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The shire contains <a href="/wiki/Boodjamulla_National_Park" title="Boodjamulla National Park">Boodjamulla National Park</a> (formerly called Lawn Hill National Park) and the <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a> <a href="/wiki/Australian_Fossil_Mammal_Sites_(Riversleigh)" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh)">Riversleigh</a> fossil fields. The <a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_Shire_of_Doomadgee" title="Aboriginal Shire of Doomadgee">Aboriginal Shire of Doomadgee</a> lies inside Burke Shire to the west of Burketown. It also includes <a href="/wiki/Gregory_Downs,_Queensland" class="mw-redirect" title="Gregory Downs, Queensland">Gregory Downs</a>. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2021_Australian_census" title="2021 Australian census">2021 census</a>, the Shire of Burke had a population of 419 people.<sup id="cite_ref-Census2021_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shire_of_Burke&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Yukulta_language" title="Yukulta language">Yukulta</a> (also known as Ganggalida) is an <a href="/wiki/Australian_Aboriginal_languages" title="Australian Aboriginal languages">Australian Aboriginal language</a>. The Yukulta language region is the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_Country" title="Gulf Country">Gulf Country</a> including the local government areas of the <a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_Shire_of_Doomadgee" title="Aboriginal Shire of Doomadgee">Aboriginal Shire of Doomadgee</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Mornington_(Queensland)" title="Shire of Mornington (Queensland)">Shire of Mornington</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Yulluna_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Yulluna language">Yulluna</a> (also known as Yalarnga, Yalarrnga, Jalanga, Jalannga, Wonganja, Gunggalida, Jokula) is an <a href="/wiki/Australian_Aboriginal_languages" title="Australian Aboriginal languages">Australian Aboriginal language</a>. The Yulluna language region includes the local government boundaries of the <a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Cloncurry" title="Shire of Cloncurry">Shire of Cloncurry</a> and other areas near the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Carpentaria" title="Gulf of Carpentaria">Gulf of Carpentaria</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <p><a href="/wiki/Garawa_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Garawa language">Garrwa</a> (also known as Garawa) is a language of the Gulf region, taking in the localities of Borroloola and Westmoreland. The Garrwa language region takes in the landscape of the <a href="/wiki/Roper_Gulf_Region" title="Roper Gulf Region">Roper Gulf</a> Regional Council and the <a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_Shire_of_Doomadgee" title="Aboriginal Shire of Doomadgee">Doomadgee Shire Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Burke_Division,_March_1902.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Burke_Division%2C_March_1902.jpg/220px-Burke_Division%2C_March_1902.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="363" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Burke_Division%2C_March_1902.jpg/330px-Burke_Division%2C_March_1902.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Burke_Division%2C_March_1902.jpg/440px-Burke_Division%2C_March_1902.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1182" data-file-height="1952" /></a><figcaption>Map of Burke Division, March 1902</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Doonmunya_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Doonmunya Division">Doonmunya Division</a> was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the <i>Divisional Boards Act 1879</i> with a population of 396.<sup id="cite_ref-dba1879_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dba1879-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the divisional board appeared to be completely inactive, perhaps because the division was so large (being the area surrounding the southern part of the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Carpentaria" title="Gulf of Carpentaria">Gulf of Carpentaria</a>) and was very sparsely settled.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nonetheless some of the citizens were unhappy about this.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Consequently, on 11 January 1883, the Doonmunya Division was abolished and a new <a href="/wiki/Carpentaria_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Carpentaria Division">Carpentaria Division</a> was created to replace it.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cd_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cd-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, once the Carpentaria Divisional Board became operational, the residents of the Burketown area became concerned that their rates were likely to be spent on the <a href="/wiki/Normanton,_Queensland" title="Normanton, Queensland">Normanton</a> area rather than their own and began to agitate for their own division west of the <a href="/wiki/Leichhardt_River" title="Leichhardt River">Leichhardt River</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 30 January 1885, the <a href="/wiki/Burke_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Burke Division">Burke Division</a> was created from lands formerly within the <a href="/wiki/Carpentaria_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Carpentaria Division">Carpentaria Division</a> with some adjustments to the <a href="/wiki/Cloncurry_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Cloncurry Division">Cloncurry Division</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 31 March 1903, Burke Division became the Shire of Burke.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Towns_and_localities">Towns and localities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shire_of_Burke&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Towns and localities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Shire of Burke includes the following settlements: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Burketown,_Queensland" class="mw-redirect" title="Burketown, Queensland">Burketown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gidya,_Queensland" title="Gidya, Queensland">Gidya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory,_Queensland" title="Gregory, Queensland">Gregory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawn_Hill,_Queensland" title="Lawn Hill, Queensland">Lawn Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholson,_Queensland" title="Nicholson, Queensland">Nicholson</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Escott">Escott</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shire_of_Burke&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Escott"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Escott Station derives its name from its 1869 ownership by the English, Scottish, Australian Pastoral Co. In 1942, an American <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator" title="Consolidated B-24 Liberator">Liberator bomber</a> crashed at Moonlight Creek, which was then a part of Escott. As the <a href="/wiki/Cattle_station" title="Cattle station">cattle station</a> became less viable in the 1970s, it was opened up to tourists, and the Escott Barramundi Lodge was established in 1979.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The homestead is located at 17°43'59"S, 139°25'0"E,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and there is an airstrip.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It no longer functions as tourist accommodation.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Amenities">Amenities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shire_of_Burke&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Amenities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Burke Shire Council operate public library in <a href="/wiki/Burketown,_Queensland" class="mw-redirect" title="Burketown, Queensland">Burketown</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chairmen_and_mayors">Chairmen and mayors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shire_of_Burke&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Chairmen and mayors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-notice" role="presentation" style="width: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/20px-Information_icon4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/30px-Information_icon4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/40px-Information_icon4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620" /></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text" style="width: auto;"><div class="mbox-text-span">This list is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Lists#Incomplete_lists" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists">incomplete</a>; you can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shire_of_Burke&action=edit">adding missing items</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2017</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>1927: F. T. Webber <sup id="cite_ref-pughs1927_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pughs1927-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2008–2012: Annie Clarke<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2012–present : Ernest J (Ernie) Camp<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shire_of_Burke&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The populations below exclude the Aboriginal community of <a href="/wiki/Doomadgee,_Queensland" title="Doomadgee, Queensland">Doomadgee</a>, which hovered between 800-1000 residents for most of the period under consideration. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Population </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1933</td> <td>355</td> <td><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1947</td> <td>250</td> <td><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1954</td> <td>248</td> <td><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1961</td> <td>361</td> <td><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1966</td> <td>291</td> <td><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1971</td> <td>384</td> <td><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1976</td> <td>413</td> <td><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981</td> <td>466</td> <td><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986</td> <td>511</td> <td><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991</td> <td>513</td> <td><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996</td> <td>660</td> <td><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2001_Australian_census" class="mw-redirect" title="2001 Australian census">2001 census</a></td> <td>2,129</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Census2001_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2001-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2006_Australian_census" class="mw-redirect" title="2006 Australian census">2006 census</a></td> <td>498</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Census2006_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2006-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_Australian_census" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Australian census">2011 census</a></td> <td>514</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Census2011_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2011-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_Australian_census" title="2016 Australian census">2016 census</a></td> <td>328</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Census2016_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2016-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2021_Australian_census" title="2021 Australian census">2021 census</a></td> <td>419</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Census2021_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shire_of_Burke&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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