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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 332 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BOURKE , a See also:

town of See also:Cowper See also:county, New See also:South See also:Wales, See also:Australia, 503 M. by See also:rail N.W. from See also:Sydney. Pop. (19o1) 2614. It is situated on the south See also:bank, and at the See also:head of the See also:ordinary See also:winter See also:navigation, of the See also:Darling See also:river. Very See also:rich See also:copper ore exists in the See also:district in See also:great abundance. Bourke is the centre of a large See also:sheep-farming See also:area, and the See also:annual agricultural show is one of the best in the See also:colony. On the See also:west See also:side of the Darling, 3 M. distant, is the small town of See also:North Bourke, and at See also:Peru, 10 m. distant, is an important See also:irrigation See also:settlement.

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