Burketown Queensland Map
Explore Burketown, Queensland, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Burketown, QLD map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
Interactive Map of Burketown, Queensland
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| Locality | Burketown |
| State | Queensland (QLD) |
| Local Government Area | Burke Shire |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving |
| Remoteness | Very Remote Australia |
| Latitude | -17.82297 |
| Longitude | 139.59923 |
| Population | 376 |
| Density | 0.2 /km² |
| Area | 1714.9 km² |
| Elevation | 7 m |
| Postcode | 4830 |
| Area Code | 07 |
| Distance to Brisbane | 1744 km northwest |
About Burketown, Queensland
Burketown is a locality in the Burke Shire local government area of Queensland, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 376. The locality covers an area of 1714.9 km², giving a population density of about 0.2 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 7 m above sea level. It lies approximately 1744 km northwest of Brisbane. Burketown is located at 17.8230°S, 139.5992°E. It observes Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving. Postcode: 4830. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Very Remote Australia.
Burketown rests on the edge of forever, where the Gulf of Carpentaria’s vast, shimmering expanse meets the ochre-stained earth of the North Queensland coast. It lies 768.0 km west of Kirwan, QLD (from Kirwan, QLD: bearing 281°T), and is situated 92.6 km east-south-east of Doomadgee. The air here is thick with the scent of salt and the distant, dry perfume of sun-baked grasses, a constant reminder of the relentless sun that bleaches the corrugated iron roofs and paints the wide, flat plains in hues of gold and rust. The landscape is a subtle interplay of blues and browns – the ever-present sky reflected in the meandering waterways, the flat earth stretching to a horizon that seems to dissolve into heat haze. Life here moves with the languid grace of the sluggish creeks, a quiet ebb and flow dictated by the seasons and the immense, indifferent power of the natural world.
This is a place etched by resilience, a settlement born from the hardy spirit of those who sought their fortune in the unforgiving beauty of the tropics. For generations, the economy of Burketown has been tethered to the land and the sea – cattle grazing on vast, unfenced properties and the bounty of the Gulf’s rich fishing grounds forming the backbone of its livelihood. The town itself, with its low-slung buildings and wide, dusty streets, feels like a living relic of a bygone era, a place where time seems to stretch and contract in equal measure. The legacy of exploration and pioneering endeavour lingers in the very air, a quiet testament to the enduring human will to make a home in even the most challenging of environments, a spirit that continues to define Burketown today.
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About This Burketown Map Page
This page provides a street and satellite map of Burketown, Queensland. Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorially written description provides background on Burketown, in the Burke Shire local government area.
Detailed location data for Burketown includes the postcode (4830), telephone area code (07), and local government area (Burke Shire), with an ABS remoteness classification of Very Remote Australia. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Location data is drawn from Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020) and enriched with GeoNames and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, matched by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Burketown is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | August 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |
