Bourke may refer to:
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Bourke (surname)
Bourke (; ) is 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 s ...
Buildings in Australia
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Bourke Court House, a heritage-listed courthouse in Bourke, Bourke Shire, New South Wales
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Bourke Place, a skyscraper in Melbourne, Victoria
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Bourke Post Office, a heritage-listed post office in Bourke, Bourke Shire, New South Wales
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Bourke Street Wesleyan Chapel, a heritage-listed chapel in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Places in Australia
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Bourke County (disambiguation)
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Bourke Shire, local government area in the Orana region of New South Wales
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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
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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
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Little Bourke Street
Little Bourke Street in the Melbourne central business district 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 Spring S ...
, a street in Victoria, Melbourne
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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 conteste ...
, a former Australian (House of Representatives) electoral division in Victoria (1900-1949)
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Electoral district of Bourke, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in New South Wales (1880-1904)
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Bourke Isles, a group of islands and islets forming part of the Torres Strait Islands, Queensland
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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 Ohr ...
, cylindrical potholes or giant's kettles in the Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve, South Africa
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Bourke v. Beshear'', a 2015 United States Supreme Court case on same-sex marriage
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Bourke Airport
Bourke Airport is an airport located north of Bourke, New South Wales, Australia. It 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.
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, an airport located north of Bourke, New South Wales, Australia
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Bourke Award, annual prize awarded by the Royal Society of Chemistry
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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
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Proclamation of Governor Bourke, document by Sir Richard Bourke in 1835
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Dooney & Bourke (founded 1975), American company specializing in fashion accessories
See also
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Bourke Street (disambiguation)
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''Bourke Street'', an
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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.
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painting by Australian artist Tom Roberts
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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
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Burke (disambiguation)
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Earl of Mayo, earldom created in the Peerage of Ireland
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Bourke baronets, baronetcy created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia
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