Brooklyn, Tasmania

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Brooklyn
Suburb
Brooklyn is located in Tasmania
Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Interactive map of Brooklyn
Coordinates: 41°04′19″S 145°54′32″E / 41.0720°S 145.9090°E / -41.0720; 145.9090
CountryAustralia
StateTasmania
RegionNorth-west and west
CityBurnie
LGA
Location
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Population
 • Total1,850 (2021 census)
Postcode
7320
Suburbs around Brooklyn
Upper Burnie South Burnie South Burnie
Upper Burnie Brooklyn South Burnie
Upper Burnie Romaine Emu Heights

Brooklyn is a residential locality in Burnie, Tasmania, Australia. The locality is about 3 kilometres (2 mi) south of Burnie. As at the 2021 census it a population of 1,850.[1]

History

Brooklyn was named after Brooklyn Estate, a 60 acre farm south of Devon Street, South Burnie.[2] This estate was subdivided into housing lots in the early 1940s,[3] with road construction starting in 1939.[4] The Advocate described Brooklyn in the 1940s as a "flourishing suburb" and the "Toorak of progressive Burnie".[5]

Brooklyn was gazetted as a locality in 1965.[6]

The Brookville Post Office on Collins Street, named to avoid duplication of post office names, opened on 1 August 1953 and was renamed "Brooklyn" in 1968. It closed in 1973.[7]

Geography

Alexander Creek forms much of the western boundary, and Romaine Creek most of the eastern and northern.[8]

Road infrastructure

Route B18 (Mount Street) passes to the west. From there, Roslyn Avenue provides access to the locality from the south, while Brooklyn Road enters from the north.[6]<[9]

Education

Brooklyn Primary School existed until 2009. It was later merged with Upper Burnie and Acton Primary School and a new school, Romaine Park Primary was built on the grounds of the Parklands High School.[10] The old Acton Primary School is now home to the Burnie Child and Family Centre.

References

  1. Romaine Australian Bureau of Statistics
  2. "Trove". The Advocate, 1/5/1929, p.7. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  3. "Trove". The Advocate, 8/2/1941, p.4. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  4. "Trove". The Advocate, 19/10/1939, p.6. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  5. "Trove". The Advocate, 2/12/1940, p.4. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  6. "Placenames Tasmania – Brooklyn". Placenames Tasmania. Select “Search”, enter "4506D", click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  7. Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  8. "Brooklyn, Tasmania" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  9. Tasmanian Road Route Codes Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment May 2017
  10. "New Burnie Primary School" (PDF). Parliament of Tasmania. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2015.