Bourke

town in New South Wales, Australia
Place town Q895237
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Bourke

Summary

Bourke is a town[1]. Bourke ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (202 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bourke is located in New South Wales[3].
  • Bourke is located in Bourke Shire[4].
  • Bourke is located in Bourke Shire[5].
  • Bourke is located in Bourke[6].
  • Bourke is in the country of Australia[7].
  • Bourke's image is recorded as Bourke court house.jpg[8].
  • Bourke's instance of is recorded as town[9].
  • Bourke's instance of is recorded as locality[10].
  • Bourke's shares border with is recorded as Brewarrina[11].
  • Bourke's shares border with is recorded as Fords Bridge[12].
  • Bourke's shares border with is recorded as Gumbalie[13].
  • Bourke's shares border with is recorded as Gunderbooka[14].
  • Bourke's shares border with is recorded as North Bourke[15].
  • Bourke's shares border with is recorded as Byrock[16].
  • Bourke's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 146578917[17].
  • Bourke's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80072777[18].
  • Bourke's postal code is recorded as 2840[19].
  • Bourke's Commons category is recorded as Bourke, New South Wales[20].
  • Bourke's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 5735934[21].
  • Bourke's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -30.081666666666667, 'lon': 145.9511111}[22].
  • Bourke's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/035cdx[23].
  • Bourke's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bourke, New South Wales[24].
  • Bourke's page banner is recorded as Bourke banner.jpg[25].
  • Bourke's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Oceania/Australia/New_South_Wales/Localities/B/Bourke/[26].
  • Bourke's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1909'}[27].

Body

Geography

Bourke is in the country of Australia[7]. Located in include New South Wales[3], a state of Australia[28], in Australia[29], founded in 1788[30]; Bourke Shire[4], a local government area of New South Wales[31], in Australia[32]; and Bourke[6].

Physical Characteristics

Bourke's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+110'}[33]. Population counts include {'amount': '+1909'}[27], {'amount': '+1699'}[34], and {'amount': '+1535'}[35].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town[9] and locality[10].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Bourke include Bourke Airport[36], an airport[37], in Australia[38].

Why It Matters

Bourke ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (202 views/month).[2] Bourke has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] Bourke is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Entities named for Bourke include Bourke Airport[36], an airport[37], in Australia[38].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . Geographical Names Register. wikidata.org.
  5. [11] . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [12] . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [13] . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [14] . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [15] . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [16] . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [3] . quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [4] . wikidata.org.
  13. [5] . Geographical Names Register. wikidata.org.
  14. [6] . Geographical Names Register. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Geographical Names Register. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . censusdata.abs.gov.au. censusdata.abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [34] . abs.gov.au. Retrieved . abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [35] . abs.gov.au. abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [33] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [36] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 29d ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Elevation above sea level {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+110'}
    Shares border with Brewarrina, Fords Bridge, Gumbalie +3
    Instance of
    Located in the administrative territorial entity New South Wales, Bourke Shire, Bourke Shire +1
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:بورک، نیو ساؤتھ ویلز]]"
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