 Location of Bourke county within Victoria  1866 map of Bourke County showing the parishes  1885 map of Bourke County (pink)  1886 map of Bourke County
The County of Bourke is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. It is the oldest and most populous county in Victoria and contains the city of Melbourne. Like other counties in Victoria, it is subdivided into parishes. The original name for the area was the Port Philip District, which was renamed to Bourke County after Richard Bourke, the governor of New South Wales between 1831 and 1837. [1] It is bordered by the Werribee River in the west; the Great Dividing Range in the north; Port Phillip Bay in the south; and by Dandenong Creek, a small part of the Yarra River, and the Plenty River in the east. Motto: Peace and Prosperity Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Governor HE Mr John Landy Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Area 237,629 km² (6th) - Land 227,416 km² - Water 10,213 km² (4. ...
1877 map of the counties of Victoria The Australian state of Victoria is divided into counties. ...
Most of the Western and Central parts of Australia were never divided into counties; No counties Has been subdivided into counties Cadastral divisions of Australia refers to the parts of Australia which are divided into the cadastral units of counties, parishes, hundreds, and other divisions for the purposes of land...
Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ...
Parish Hall of St. ...
Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Bourke, KCB General Sir Richard Bourke KCB (Dublin, 4 May 1777 – 13 August 1855, Limerick) was Governor of the Colony of New South Wales, Australia between 1831 and 1837. ...
the flag of the Governor of New South Wales The Governor of New South Wales is the representative in the Australian state of New South Wales of Australias head of state, Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. ...
The Werribee river is located on the plain west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...
The Great Divide runs around the entire eastern and south-eastern edge of Australia The Great Dividing Range, also known as the Eastern Highlands, is Australias most substantial mountain range. ...
There is also Local Government Area called the City of Port Phillip. ...
Dandenong Creek runs from the Dandenong Ranges National Park, in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, through the urban areas of Boronia and The Basin, eventually meeting Mordialloc Creek and Patterson River. ...
Melbourne as seen from south-east side along the Yarra River, home of many rowers and active crew teams The Yarra River is a river in southern Victoria (Australia); it is the river on which the city of Melbourne was founded. ...
Plenty river is a tributary of the Yarra River in Victoria, Australia. ...
The Melbourne and County of Bourke Police was the name for the police force in the area before 1853. The County of Bourke was used on the name of the electoral roll in 1845 [2] There was also the Bourke County Court in the 1850s. Melbourne is also referenced as being in the County of Bourke in the 1911 Britannica[3]. (Redirected from 1911 Britannica) The Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica (1911) in many ways represents the sum of knowledge at the beginning of the 20th century. ...
Parishes
Parishes within the county (many of the links below link to the modern day suburb or town which is usually in the same area as the parish, but not necessarily the same - the parish would be larger than the modern suburb): Dandenong coat of arms See also Mount Dandenong, Victoria for the mountain and a different suburb with similar name. ...
Darraweit Guim Primary School Entrance Darraweit Guim is an Australian township is situated on the Deep Creek, which rises in the hills beyond Lancefield and in the shire of Macedon Ranges Shire. ...
Derrimut is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...
Gisborne is a nice town 55 KM north of Melbourne. ...
Kalkallo is a small semi-rural village 40km north of Melbourne. ...
The Electoral district of Kororoit is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly covering Albanvale, Caroline Springs as well as some parts of Deer Park and St Albans in the western suburbs of Melbourne. ...
The Antiques Centre, a restored hostel. ...
Maribyrnong is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...
Mickleham is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...
This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...
Mordialloc is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...
Mulgrave is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...
Myrniong is a town in Victoria, Australia. ...
Nunawading is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ...
Prahran (pronounced puh-RAN) and also known colloquially as Pran is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...
Tarneit is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...
Truganina is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...
The Melbourne suburb of Tullamarine, Victoria, Australia, is a collection of recent housing estates and light industry. ...
The small town of Wallan sits at the southern end of the large and diverse shire of Mitchell which extends from the northern fringes of Melbourne into the farming country of north-central Victoria and the lower Goulburn Valley. ...
Wollert is a rural locality 6 km north of Epping, an outer northern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...
Yuroke is a suburb in Victoria, Australia. ...
Reference - ^ Bourke street Melbourne
- ^ State Library of Tasmania, Electoral Rolls
- ^ 1911 Britannica, Melbourne, Australia
External Links - Plans of the County of Bourke 1835-1855
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