Brooklyn, Tasmania

Brooklyn is a residential locality in the local government area of Burnie in the North-west and west LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about south of the town of Burnie. The 2016 census recorded a population of 553 for the state suburb of Brooklyn.
It is a suburb of Burnie, to the south-east of the main town centre.

History

Brooklyn was named after Brooklyn Estate, a 60 acre farm south of Devon Street, South Burnie. This estate was subdivided into housing lots in the early 1940s, with road construction starting in 1939. Local newspaper The Advocate describes Brooklyn in the 1940s as a "flourishing suburb" and the "Toorak of progressive Burnie".
Brooklyn was gazetted as a locality in 1965.
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.

Geography

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

Road infrastructure

Route B18 passes to the west. From there, Roslyn Avenue provides access to the locality from the south, while Brooklyn Road enters from the north.

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. The old Acton Primary School is now home to the Burnie Child and Family Centre.