Bourke
Wikimedia disambiguation page
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, 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 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.
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