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Bourke -
Bourke is a town and
Local
Government Area in the north of NSW. The town is
located approximately 800 kilometres north-west of
Sydney, on the south bank of the
Darling River, which is known as the
Barwon upstream from this point,and
covers an area of over 40,000km+. The township of Bourke
sits at the junction of three highways: the Kidman
Way, Mitchell Highway and Kamilaroi Highway. the Shire's
main industries include cotton, soft fruit, citrus, cattle
production, irrigated wheat, wild goat and kangaroo
harvesting, and of course the wool industry, part of the
Bourke area since the 1860s.
At the 2006
census, Bourke had a population of 2,413, of whom
815 or 33% identified as
Indigenous Australians.
It was also formerly the largest inland port in the world
for exporting wool on the
Darling River. The countryside around Bourke is
used mainly for
sheep
farming with some irrigated fruit and
cotton crops near the river. Bourke is considered
to represent the edge of the settled agricultural districts
and the gateway to the
Outback which lies north and west of Bourke. This
is reflected in a traditional east coast Australian
expression "back o' Bourke", referring to the
Outback. |
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ORGANISATIONS
Bourke Arts Council
PO Box 199, Bourke NSW 2840
INFO:
Andrew Hull (President)
Ph 02 6872
2144 (work) / 02 6872 1002 (home) Mob 0427 919 964
Email
amhull@bigpond.com
or
andrew.hull@cma.nsw.gov.au
Bourke
Arts Council is a non-profit volunteer group who auspice and
support creative performance, activity, practice and endeavour
within the Bourke Shire Council district. They raise funds
to offset costs of artistic practitioners wishing to present
creative opportunities within the community, and within
their own discretion, assist in coordination, publicity,
capacity building and logistics for artists.
Bourke Public Library
46 Mitchell St.
Bourke NSW
INFO: Jodi
Hatch (Library Manager)
Ph 02 6872
2751 Email
bpl@bourkelibrary.com.au Web
http://www.bourkelibrary.com.au
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