Federation Street Interpretation Since the mid 1870s Burnie had been the outlet for the original mine on the West Coast, the fabulously rich tin mine at Mount Bischoff.
The Local GP Soon after graduating from St. Thomas’ Hospital, London in 1890, Dr. Henry Z. Stephens took up residence in Burnie and practised in the town for 25 years.
Emu Bay Inn The Burnie Inn’s best known operators were Thomas Wiseman and his wife Harriet (known affectionately as ‘Granny’ Wiseman)
Harness-Maker, Saddler, Bootmaker More often than not, the leather trades were combined, so that saddlers and harness-makers were also bootmakers.
General Store and Post & Telegraph Office The local general store was the focal point of a small pioneering community and often doubled as the post and telegraph office.
The Local Photographer Ernest Albert Winter (1880-1967) founded Burnie’s best known photographic studio in 1909.
The Emu Bay Butter Factory In 1892 Burnie’s most prominent businessman, Captain William Jones, established the Emu Bay Butter Factory just three months after the first butter factory in Tasmania was opened in Wynyard