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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 (disambiguation) * Bourke Shire, 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 si ...
, a town in New South Wales *
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, 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 the Torres Strait Islands, Queensland * Bourke's Luck Potholes, cylindrical potholes or giant's kettles in the Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve, South Africa


Other

* '' Bourke v. Beshear'', a 2015 United States Supreme Court case on same-sex marriage * Bourke Airport, an airport located north of Bourke, New South Wales, Australia * Bourke Award, 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, document by Sir Richard Bourke in 1835 * Dooney & Bourke (founded 1975), American company specializing in fashion accessories


See also

* Bourke Street (disambiguation) * ''Bourke Street'', an
1886 Events January * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British rule in Burma, British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5–January 9, 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson ...
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 mon ...
(''Neopsephotus bourkii''), of Australia * * Burke (disambiguation) * Earl of Mayo, earldom created in the Peerage of Ireland * Bourke baronets, baronetcy created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia {{disambiguation