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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 ...


Buildings in Australia

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Bourke Court House Bourke Court House is a heritage-listed courthouse at Richard Street, Bourke, Bourke Shire, New South Wales, Australia. The building's design was attributed to George Oakeshott, an employee of New South Wales Government Architect Walter Liber ...
, a heritage-listed courthouse in Bourke, Bourke Shire, New South Wales *
Bourke Place Bourke Place is a skyscraper situated at 600 Bourke Street, Melbourne central business district, Victoria, Australia. It is the equal 11th tallest building in Melbourne and the 25th tallest building in Australia. It was completed in 1991. ...
, a skyscraper in Melbourne, Victoria *
Bourke Post Office Bourke Post Office is a heritage-listed post office at 47 Oxley Street, Bourke, Bourke Shire, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by the Colonial Architect's Office under James Barnet and built in 1880 by E. Heseler. It is also known ...
, a heritage-listed post office in Bourke, Bourke Shire, New South Wales *
Bourke Street Wesleyan Chapel Bourke Street Wesleyan Chapel is a heritage-listed chapel at 348a Bourke Street in the inner city Sydney suburb of Darlinghurst in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The property is owned by the Wesleyan Chu ...
, a heritage-listed chapel in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia


Places in Australia

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Bourke County (disambiguation) Bourke County may refer to: * Bourke County, New South Wales, Australia * Bourke County, Victoria The County of Bourke is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the Lands administrative divisions of Australia, (used for land tit ...
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Bourke Shire Bourke Shire is a Local government in Australia, local government area in the Orana, New South Wales, Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire is located adjacent to the Darling River, which is known as the Barwon River (New South W ...
, local government area in the Orana region of New South Wales *
Bourke, New South Wales Bourke is a town in the north-west of New South Wales, Australia. The administrative centre and largest town in Bourke Shire, Bourke is approximately north-west of the state capital, Sydney, on the south bank of the Darling River. it is also ...
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Bourke Street Bourke Street is one of the main streets in the Melbourne central business district and a core feature of the Hoddle Grid. It was traditionally the entertainment hub of inner-city Melbourne, and is now also a popular tourist destination and tr ...
, a street in Melbourne, Australia *
Little Bourke Street Little Bourke Street (abbreviated to Lt. Bourke St) in Melbourne's CBD runs roughly east–west within the Hoddle Grid. It is a one-way street heading in a westward direction. The street intersects with Spencer Street at its western end and S ...
, a street in Victoria, Melbourne *
Division of Bourke The Division of Bourke was an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian electoral division in Victoria (Australia), Victoria. The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the List of Australian electorates contes ...
, a former Australian (House of Representatives) electoral division in Victoria (1900-1949) *
Electoral district of Bourke Bourke was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1880 to 1904, including the towns of Bourke and Cobar. It elected two members simultaneously between 1882 and 1889 increasing to thre ...
, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in New South Wales (1880-1904) *
Bourke Isles The Bourke Isles are a group of islands and islets in the archipelago known as the Torres Strait Islands, located west of the Cumberland Passage in the Torres Strait, and are part of the state of Queensland, Australia. The isles are situated a ...
, a group of islands and islets forming part of the Torres Strait Islands, Queensland *
Bourke's Luck Potholes Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve (or Motlatse Canyon Provincial Nature Reserve) is situated in the Drakensberg escarpment region of eastern Mpumalanga, South Africa. The reserve protects the Blyde River Canyon, including sections of the Ohrig ...
, cylindrical potholes or giant's kettles in the Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve, South Africa


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Bourke v. Beshear The lead cases on same-sex marriage in Kentucky are ''Bourke v. Beshear'', and its companion case ''Love v. Beshear''. In ''Bourke'', a U.S. district court found that the Equal Protection Clause requires Kentucky to recognize valid same-sex marri ...
'', a 2015 United States Supreme Court case on same-sex marriage *
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 ...
, an airport located north of Bourke, New South Wales, Australia *
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 ...
, annual prize awarded by the Royal Society of Chemistry *
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 ...
, two stroke engine developed by Russell Bourke *
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, wh ...
, document by Sir Richard Bourke in 1835 *
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 ...
(founded 1975), American company specializing in fashion accessories


See also

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Bourke Street (disambiguation) 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 Bour ...
* ''Bourke Street'', an
1886 Events January–March * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella ''Strange ...
painting by Australian artist Tom Roberts *
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 on ...
(''Neopsephotus bourkii''), of Australia * *
Burke (disambiguation) 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 ...
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Earl of Mayo Earl of the County of Mayo, usually known simply as Earl of Mayo, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland created, in 1785, for John Bourke, 1st Earl of Mayo, John Bourke, 1st Viscount Mayo (of the second creation). For many years he served as "Firs ...
, earldom created in the Peerage of Ireland *
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 herita ...
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