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Bourke Baronets
Bourke may refer to: People * Bourke (surname) Buildings in Australia * Bourke Court House, a heritage-listed courthouse in Bourke, Bourke Shire, New South Wales * Bourke Place, a skyscraper in Melbourne, Victoria * Bourke Post Office, a heritage-listed post office in Bourke, Bourke Shire, New South Wales * Bourke Street Wesleyan Chapel, a heritage-listed chapel in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Places in Australia * Bourke County (other) * Bourke Shire, local government area in the Orana region of New South Wales * Bourke, New South Wales, a town in New South Wales * Bourke Street, a street in Melbourne, Australia * Little Bourke Street, a street in Victoria, Melbourne * Division of Bourke, a former Australian (House of Representatives) electoral division in Victoria (1900-1949) * Electoral district of Bourke, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in New South Wales (1880-1904) * Bourke Isles, a group of islands and islets forming part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bourke (surname)
Bourke an Anglo-Norman Irish surname, a variant of the surname Burke, deriving from the ancient Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman noble dynasty, the House of Burgh. In Ireland, the descendants of William de Burgh (c.1160–1206) had the surname ''de Burgh'' which was gaelicised in Irish as ''de Búrca'' and over the centuries became ''Búrc'' then Burke and Bourke. Notable people with this name include: Surname A * Al Bourke or Alan Stamford (born 1928), Australian boxer of the 1940s and 1950s * Anselm Bourke or Msgr Anselm (Nicholas) Bourke (1835–1924), Irish-Australian Roman Catholic priest * Arthur Roston Bourke, English association football referee and administrator B * Balthazar Bourke (fl. 1607), Irish soldier and Knight of Santiago * Barry Bourke (born 1943), Australian rules footballer * Betty Bourke (née Lucas), (1924–2015), New Zealand politician and health administrator * Bill Bourke (other) ** Bill Bourke (footballer, born 1882) (1882–1932), Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bourke V
Bourke may refer to: People * Bourke (surname) Buildings in Australia * Bourke Court House, a heritage-listed courthouse in Bourke, Bourke Shire, New South Wales * Bourke Place, a skyscraper in Melbourne, Victoria * Bourke Post Office, a heritage-listed post office in Bourke, Bourke Shire, New South Wales * Bourke Street Wesleyan Chapel, a heritage-listed chapel in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Places in Australia * Bourke County (other) * Bourke Shire, local government area in the Orana region of New South Wales * Bourke, New South Wales, a town in New South Wales * Bourke Street, a street in Melbourne, Australia * Little Bourke Street, a street in Victoria, Melbourne * Division of Bourke, a former Australian (House of Representatives) electoral division in Victoria (1900-1949) * Electoral district of Bourke, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in New South Wales (1880-1904) * Bourke Isles, a group of islands and islets forming part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burke (other)
Burke is a surname or given name. Burke may also refer to: People * Burke baronets, two baronetcies created in the Baronetage of Ireland * Edmund Burke, 18th century politician commonly referenced as simply "Burke" * House of Burke or House of Burgh, ancient Anglo-Norman noble family * Robert O'Hara Burke, Australian explorer Places Antartica * Burke Island, an island in the Amundsen Sea Australia * Burke Developmental Road, a road in Queensland * Burke, Wills, King and Yandruwandha National Heritage Place, a heritage-listed historic precinct on the Birdsville Track, Innamincka * Shire of Burke, a local government area in Queensland * Division of Burke (other) Canada * Mount Burke (Alberta) * Mount Burke (British Columbia) * Burke Brook, part of the Don River in Toronto, Ontario New Zealand * Burkes Pass, a mountain pass and town in South Canterbury, New Zealand United States * Burke, Idaho, a ghost town in Shoshone County * Burke (town), New York ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bourke's Parrot
Bourke's parrot (''Neopsephotus bourkii'', formerly known as ''Neophema bourkii''), also known as the blue-vented parrot, sundown parrot, pink-bellied parrot, Bourke's parakeet, Bourke or "Bourkie", is a small parrot found in Australia and the only species in its genus, ''Neopsephotus''. It is approximately 19 cm long and weighs around 45 grams. It is named after General Sir Richard Bourke, Governor of New South Wales from 1831 to 1837. Description The Bourke's parrot is a relatively small species. They tend to vary between 18 cm and 23 cm in length with a tail length of approximately 9 cm. The females of the species tend to be slightly smaller than the males: males of the species weigh between 47 g and 49 g whilst females weigh between 41 g and 49 g. Both sexes look very similar until the age of nine months, after which they come into full plumage colour. In the wild, Bourke's parakeets display an overall brown colouration with a pink abdomen, pinkish b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1886 In Art
Events from the year 1886 in art. Events * April – New English Art Club mounts its first exhibition, at the Egyptian Hall, London, providing an alternative to the Royal Academy for younger artists, such as Philip Wilson Steer, under the influence of Paris. * April 28 – Paul Cézanne marries his model and former lover Marie-Hortense Fiquet, despite having publicly stated that he has no feelings for her. * May–June – Eighth and last collective Impressionist exhibition in Paris at 1 rue Laffitte introduces Georges Seurat's ''A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte'' among other early examples of pontillism exhibited separately. * June 30 – Royal Holloway College for women, established by patent medicine manufacturer Thomas Holloway (died 1883), opened by Queen Victoria at Egham in Surrey, England, incorporating a picture gallery for which the founder has acquired a collection of predominantly modern British works; this is the first art gallery in Britain int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bourke Street (painting)
''Bourke Street'' is a 1886 painting by Australian artist Tom Roberts. Roberts originally titled the work ''Allegro con brio''. The painting depicts the western end of Bourke Street, one of the main thoroughfares in Melbourne as seen from the Buckley & Nunn drapery. The work was painted a few months after Roberts' return to Australia in 1885, after he had spent four years in Europe . It was not displayed until 1890, and only five days beforehand, Roberts added three female figures to the lower left. Roberts was unable to find a buyer and handed the painting to fellow artist, Frederick McCubbin. In 1920, McCubbin's widow sold the painting to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library for 20 guineas The guinea (; commonly abbreviated gn., or gns. in plural) was a coin, minted in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Great Britain between 1663 and 1814, that contained approximately one-quarter of an ounce of gold. The name came from t ...—forwarding the proceeds to R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bourke Street (other) , known colloquially as the "Bourke Street rampage"
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Bourke Street is a main street in the central business district of Melbourne. Bourke Street may also refer to: * ''Bourke Street'' (painting), an 1886 painting by Tom Roberts * Bourke Street Wesleyan Chapel, a heritage-listed chapel at 348a Bourke Street in Darlinghurst, Sydney See also * January 2017 Melbourne car attack On 20 January 2017, around 1:30 pm AEDT on a busy Friday, a car was deliberately driven into pedestrians along Bourke Street in the Melbourne central business district, Victoria, Australia. Six people were killed and twenty seven were se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dooney & Bourke
Dooney & Bourke is an American fashion company founded in 1975 by designer Peter Dooney and entrepreneur Frederic Bourke in Norwalk, Connecticut. Originally a men's supplier of belts, suspenders, and ties, the company now specializes in handbags and small accessories. Peter Dooney has maintained his role as designer at the company throughout the brand's history. Dooney's competitors include Coach and Kate Spade. History Dooney & Bourke started in 1975 when Peter Dooney and Frederic Bourke launched their namesake in Norwalk, Connecticut. Dooney was CEO of manufacturing and marketing, while Bourke served as principle finance and investment officer. The duo started with men's leather belts and suspenders, handmade by Peter Dooney, inspired by military gear, mail pouches, and saddlebags. Dooney & Bourke debuted its first women's handbags in 1981 launch of the All-Weather Leather collection, featuring pebble-textured leather, smooth leather trim, and a tongue-and-loop closure. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proclamation Of Governor Bourke
The Proclamation of Governor Bourke was a document written by Sir Richard Bourke, KCB, the Governor of New South Wales, and issued by the British Colonial Office on 26 August 1835. The proclamation was prompted by the actions of John Batman, who when establishing a settlement at what is now Melbourne and would become the colony of Victoria, agreed to a treaty with the local Aboriginal inhabitants. Bourke's proclamation effectively declared Batman's treaty null and void, and implemented the concept of ''terra nullius ''Terra nullius'' (, plural ''terrae nullius'') is a Latin expression meaning " nobody's land". It was a principle sometimes used in international law to justify claims that territory may be acquired by a state's occupation of it. : : ...''—that the colonies belonged to no-one prior to settlement by the British Crown. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bourke Engine
The Bourke engine was an attempt by Russell Bourke, in the 1920s, to improve the two-stroke internal combustion engine. Despite finishing his design and building several working engines, the onset of World War II, lack of test results, and the poor health of his wife compounded to prevent his engine from ever coming successfully to market. The main claimed virtues of the design are that it has only two moving parts, is lightweight, has two power pulses per revolution, and does not need oil mixed into the fuel. The Bourke engine is basically a two-stroke design, with one horizontally opposed piston assembly using two pistons that move in the same direction at the same time, so that their operations are 180 degrees out of phase. The pistons are connected to a Scotch Yoke mechanism in place of the more usual crankshaft mechanism, thus the piston acceleration is perfectly sinusoidal. This causes the pistons to spend more time at top dead center than conventional engines. The incom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bourke Award
The Bourke Award of the Royal Society of Chemistry is an annual prize open to academics from outside the UK. Originally established by the Faraday Society and known as the Bourke Lectures, the award of £2000 enables experts in physical chemistry or chemical physics to present their work in the UK. The winner also receives a commemorative medal. Winners Source: See also * List of chemistry awards This list of chemistry awards is an index to articles about notable awards for chemistry. It includes awards by the Royal Society of Chemistry, the American Chemical Society, the Society of Chemical Industry and awards by other organizations. ... References {{Royal Society of Chemistry Awards of the Royal Society of Chemistry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bourke Airport
Bourke Airport is an airport located north of Bourke, New South Wales, Australia. The airport is located at an elevation of above sea level. It has two runways: 05/23, an asphalt runway long, and 18/36, a grass runway long. Facilities As part of the unemployment relief grant from the Civil Aviation Department made money available to build a second runway at the Bourke Aerodrome. The airport was opened for access in 1943 as a base for World War II. A radio location service was intended to be installed at the airport by August 1946. Inquiries were also being made about lighting. Butler's Douglas DC-3 was now making regular flights into Bourke by April 1946. May 1949 saw a tender awarded to Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) to install a radar-style distance measuring beacon, with 'DME', an omni-radio range installation. Butler Air Transport Limited sought to have the airfield upgraded to support a possible change from the Douglas DC-3 to the Vickers Viscount, otherw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
