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7 unusual facts about Bourke


Bourke, New South Wales

Bourke was mentioned in the trial of Bradley John Murdoch on 24 November 2005, as the place where murder victim Peter Falconio was allegedly seen, 8 days after his disappearance from near Barrow Creek, Northern Territory.

Burke Civil War

The Burke/de Burgh Civil War was a conflict in Ireland in the 1330s between three leading members of the de Burgh (Burke/Bourke) family.

Eleanor Legge-Bourke

Her grandfather, Sir Henry Legge-Bourke (1914–1973), was member of parliament for the Isle of Ely from 1945 until 1973 and was chairman of the 1922 Committee of Conservative backbenchers.

Her father, Heneage Legge-Bourke, is senior director, financial engineering, with the French bank Natixis (and before that with its predecessor IXIS Corporate Investment Bank), specializing in property and renewable energy finance.

Nephin

They in turn were gradually squeezed out the Barrett family in the second half of the 14th century by the Bourke descendants of Sir Edmond Albanach de Burgh(died 1375).

Shân Legge-Bourke

Drax is the grandson of Adm The Hon Sir Reginald Drax, the younger son of the 17th Baron of Dunsany and he is also the grandson of Lt Gen The Lord Weeks and is now Conservative MP for South Dorset.

St. Davids Polo and Racing Club

In 2009, the club added a further two fixtures to its successful Fonmon Castle polo day: a charity polo day at the Legge-Bourke estate, Glanusk Park in July and beach polo at Swansea Bay, in collaboration with society fixer Arwel Richards.


1835 in Australia

Bourke's proclamation implemented the doctrine of terra nullius by proclaiming that Indigenous Australians could not sell or assign land, nor could an individual person acquire it, other than through distribution by the Crown.

1999 Grand National

The winner was trained by Tommy Carberry in Ratoath, Ireland, and ran in the colours of London-based Irish businessman Bobby Bourke.

94.7 The Pulse

From 1.30pm-5pm tune in to hear Jason Doherty, Dale Smyth, Jacob Bourke and Cal Lowther as the broadcast the Match Of The Round.

Ann Howe

She appointed as editor a ticket-of-leave convict, William Augustus Watt, who wrote editorials against the spirit of slavery and attempted to expose abuses of some of the exclusives, in particular James Mudie, a bitter opponent of Bourke's.

Augusta Webster

They had a daughter, Augusta Georgiana, who married Reverend George Theobald Bourke, a younger son of the Joseph Bourke, 3rd Earl of Mayo.

Battle of Altafulla

Uncowed by his defeat, Eroles repulsed Jean Raymond Charles Bourke's French force when it attacked him at Roda de Isábena on 5 March.

Broadway Books

Broadway Books has since published many New York Times bestsellers in hardcover and paperback, including Elizabeth Edwards’ memoir Resilience, Bill O’Reilly’s memoir A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity, Decision Points by George W. Bush, Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg, and A Lion Called Christian by Ace Bourke and John Rendall.

Bulgunnia Station

Bulgunnia has been classified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area because it is a stronghold for the restricted-range and near-threatened Chestnut-breasted Whiteface as well as supporting the biome-restricted Inland Dotterel, Bourke's Parrot, Chiming Wedgebill, Cinnamon Quail-thrush, Pied Honeyeater and Thick-billed Grasswren.

Charles Bourke

Descendants include Mary Robinson, President of Ireland from 1990 to 1997, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, from 1997 to 2002, whose great-great grandfather was John Bourke of Heathfield, a brother of Charles.

Charles Longley

Their only child Walter Longley Bourke (b. 28 November 1859; d. 1939) became the 8th Earl of Mayo); from 1891 to 1903, he was a Trustee of the Bridgewater Estates.

Rev. George Winfield Bourke (d. 9 October 1903), Honorary Chaplain to the Monarch, and son of Robert Bourke, 5th Earl of Mayo.

Ciarán Bourke

Bourke made his last public appearance on Ireland's RTÉ One during The Late Late Show tribute to The Dubliners in 1987.

Inn of the Damned

Like Bourke's previous feature, Night of Fear, the movie was originally a one hour script intended for a projected TV series, Fright.

James Mudie

Mudie responded by attacking and criticising several people: he charged Watt with serious misdemeanours, attacked Roger Therry for defending the mutineers at their trial and criticised Bourke for showing acts of leniency and what Mudie perceived to be favouritism towards convicts.

John Bourke, 4th Earl of Mayo

John Bourke, 4th Earl of Mayo, GCH, PC (Ire) (18 June 1766 – 23 May 1849) was an Irish peer and courtier, styled Lord Naas from 1792 until 1794.

John Philip Bourke

Bourke was born in Nundle, New South Wales, on the Peel River diggings, New South Wales, the son of William David Bourke, butcher, and his wife Jane, née Shepherd.

London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art

Other Board members: Hugh Bullock, James Cane, Philip Carne, Kay Ellen Consolver, Kevin Fitzmaurice, Paul Gismondi, Anthony Gordon-Lennox, Patricia Hodge, Paterson Joseph, Victoria Legge-Bourke LVO, Timothy Oakley, Mark Schnebli, Sue Stapely, Richard Szpiro, Thomas Vaughan.

Maurice Blackburn

In 1933 he was elected Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, but resigned from the Assembly in 1934 so he could contest the Federal seat of Bourke based on the suburbs of Brunswick and Coburg in Melbourne.

Melbourne Hebrew Congregation

The 1850s saw the arrival of some 300 Jewish families from London and the Province of Posen, Prussia to Melbourne, prompting the construction of a new larger synagogue on the Bourke Street site.

Melbourne tram route 86

A cable tram line operated by the Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company opened on 10 August 1887, operating along Bourke Street, Gertrude Street, Smith Street and Queens Parade to the Merri Creek.

Mieke Buchan

Mieke is currently co-hosting BigPond's sports panel chat show SportsFan Clubhouse, with Bill Woods, Matt Bourke, Brad Fittler and spedial guests from the world of international and Australian sports.

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.

Sean Bourke

Former KGB officer Oleg Kalugin alleges otherwise, however, claiming that Bourke's death was the eventual result of a poisoning ordered by Aleksandr Sakharovsky.

Sonny Zhou

Zhou has worked on campaigns for Aveda, Dooney & Bourke, Electrolux, L'Oréal, Nordstrom, Revlon, and Shanghai Tang.

Sure Feels Good

The video stars Mike Di Scala and Chris Henry from Ultrabeat, Darren Styles, Rebecca Rudd, and Playboy model Lisa-Marie Bourke with other models as the strippers.

Tim Bourke

Tim Bourke is an Australian bridge player, author and internationally renowned collector and composer of bridge hands having composed most of the hands in David Bird's "Abbot" series since 1996.

Bourke has also contributed articles to "The Bridge World", "Bridge Magazine", "Irish Bridge", "New Zealand Bridge" and, of course, to "Australian Bridge".

Vicki Goldberg

Her first biography, Margaret Bourke-White, took an in-depth look at the life and techniques of Margaret Bourke-White, the famous photographer active in the early to mid-20th Century.

Waltz Away Dreaming

It became a top ten hit for Michael, charting at number ten in the UK Singles Chart, staying on the charts for four weeks and remains Bourke's only hit.

Westport House

A successful lawyer, he married Maud Bourke, daughter of Viscount Mayo and great-great granddaughter of the Pirate Queen, Granuaile (Gráinne O'Malley 1530–1603).


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