Burnett Heads

Burnett Heads is a coastal town and locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.

Burnett Heads is a coastal town and locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census the locality of Burnett Heads had a population of 2,656 people.

Burnett Heads Provisional School opened on 3 April 1878. On 17 September 1888 it became Burnett Heads State School.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 Maryborough Chronicle later reported that the Bundaberg town allotments sold well, recording the buyers and prices paid while the Barolin estate did not sell so well on the day. In February 1883 and Barolin Estate was auctioned by three auctioneers: Bryant and Co., John Cameron and W. E. Curtis. A map advertising the estate shows the estate to be close to Burnett River.Methodist services were held at the Burnett Heads State School, until a Methodist Church was opened in 1903.Burnett Heads Post Office opened by 1919 (a receiving office had been open from 1888), closed in 1924 and reopened around 1942.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 member of their dead parents. Over 1000 people attended the ceremony.Archbishop William Wand laid the foundation stone for St John the Divine Anglican Church on Sunday 6 August 1939. The land for the church had been donated by Christian Mittleheuser.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. Port of Bundaberg to cater for even larger vessels.In the 2016 census the locality of Burnett Heads had a population of 2,656 people.