A city on Tasmania's north west coast and 333 Km from Hobart, Burnie is a major industrial centre that has been growing very fast since the 1930s.

It was first settled in 1827 by the Van Diemens Land Company and named Emu Bay. Later the name was changed to Burnie after William Burnie, a director of the Van Diemens Land Company.

Burnie has always been a busy seaport, with minerals, produce and paper being just some of the wide range of cargoes being shipped from the Port of Burnie.

The Burnie Mill situated on Emu Bay, a pulp and paper factory, has produced top quality paper since 1938. Creative Paper is a tourism venture that has developed in a building locvated on the original paper mill site.

South of Burnie is Australias biggest eucalypt tree farm the Surrey Hills Tree Farm.

Local attractions include the Lactos cheese factory, Lake Kara and the Pioneer Village Museum that is pictured above.