County of Bourke, Victoria

The County of Bourke is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the Lands administrative 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 county was named after Irish born General Sir 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 in the south, and by Dandenong Creek, a small part of the Yarra River, and the Plenty River in the east. The county was proclaimed in 1853.

Bourke
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Lands administrative divisions around Bourke:
Talbot Dalhousie Anglesey
Grant Bourke Evelyn
Grant Port Phillip Mornington
1866 map of Bourke County showing the parishes
1885 map of Bourke County (pink)
1886 map of Bourke County

Unlike counties in England ,Irish counties and in the United States, Australian counties serve no administrative or political function. Rather, counties exist for purposes of land ownership. For example, property titles in Lands administrative divisions of Australia are often listed as being situated within a parish and county. For political subdivisions, Australia employs the Local Government Area (LGA) system — which includes shires, districts, and city councils — as the third and lowest tier of government (the States and territories of Australia being the second tier and the Federal Government being the highest tier).

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,[3] which became the County Court of Victoria. Melbourne is also referenced as being in "Bourke county" in the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition.[4]

Parishes

Following is a list of parishes within the County of Bourke. Many of the links below link to a modern suburb or town, which is situated within the parish. In most cases, the parish itself is much bigger than the modern suburb or town.

Several of the parishes are also part of a neighbouring county. For example, Bylands, Forbes, Goldie, Lancefield and Newham parishes are located in the County of Bourke as well as the County of Dalhousie. Morang, Toorourrong and Yan Yean parishes are in the County of Bourke as well as the County of Evelyn. Finally, Ballan parish is situated within both the County of Bourke and the County of Grant.

ParishLGACoordinatesRefMap
BlackwoodShire of Moorabool37°29′57″S 144°19′25″EVicnames
BollindaCity of Hume37°31′57″S 144°47′59″EVicnames
BoroondaraCity of Boroondara37°48′47″S 145°04′04″EVicnames
Bulla BullaCity of Hume37°36′05″S 144°48′42″EVicnames
BulleenCity of Manningham37°45′59″S 145°09′11″EVicnames
BullengarookShire of Macedon Ranges37°30′22″S 144°30′49″EVicnames
ButtlejorrkCity of Hume37°32′09″S 144°41′21″EVicnames
BylandsShire of Mitchell37°20′44″S 144°58′25″EVicnames
ChintinShire of Macedon Ranges37°22′36″S 144°51′11″EVicnames
CoimadaiShire of Moorabool37°34′34″S 144°27′25″EVicnames
CoornmillShire of Moorabool37°29′20″S 144°25′33″EVicnames
Cut Paw PawCity of Maribyrnong37°48′32″S 144°52′29″EVicnames
DandenongCity of Greater Dandenong37°58′18″S 145°11′28″EVicnames
Darraweit GuimShire of Macedon Ranges37°28′00″S 144°53′41″EVicnames
DerrimutCity of Melton37°46′46″S 144°45′03″EVicnames
DeutgamCity of Wyndham37°55′17″S 144°43′42″EVicnames
DjerriwarrhCity of Melton37°40′36″S 144°33′44″EVicnames
Doutta GallaCity of Moonee Valley37°44′56″S 144°54′30″EVicnames
ForbesShire of Mitchell37°18′48″S 144°53′16″EVicnames
GisborneShire of Macedon Ranges37°29′04″S 144°36′01″EVicnames
GoldieShire of Macedon Ranges37°14′31″S 144°49′32″EVicnames
Jika JikaCity of Darebin37°45′02″S 144°59′28″EVicnames
HavelockShire of Macedon Ranges37°27′16″S 144°48′53″EVicnames
HoldenCity of Melton37°37′06″S 144°42′29″EVicnames
Jika JikaCity of Whittlesea37°45′02″S 144°59′28″EVicnames
KalkalloCity of Whittlesea37°33′02″S 144°59′51″EVicnames
KeelbundoraCity of Darebin37°42′53″S 145°03′45″EVicnames
KerrieShire of Macedon Ranges37°26′00″S 144°41′44″EVicnames
KorkuperrimulShire of Moorabool37°39′09″S 144°24′08″EVicnames
KororoitCity of Melton37°41′50″S 144°38′48″EVicnames
LancefieldShire of Macedon Ranges37°17′01″S 144°44′47″EVicnames
MacedonShire of Macedon Ranges37°24′36″S 144°33′51″EVicnames
MaribyrnongCity of Brimbank37°42′45″S 144°46′40″EVicnames
Melbourne NorthCity of Yarra37°47′59″S 144°58′46″EVicnames
Melbourne SouthCity of Port Phillip37°50′11″S 144°57′25″EVicnames
MerriangCity of Whittlesea37°28′46″S 145°00′27″EVicnames
MerrimuShire of Moorabool37°39′13″S 144°29′34″EVicnames
MicklehamCity of Hume37°32′26″S 144°53′50″EVicnames
MonegeettaShire of Macedon Ranges37°22′46″S 144°45′34″EVicnames
MoorabbinCity of Kingston37°56′29″S 145°02′30″EVicnames
Moorarbool EastShire of Moorabool37°29′49″S 144°13′11″EVicnames
MorangCity of Whittlesea37°38′09″S 145°05′26″EVicnames
MordiallocCity of Kingston37°57′32″S 145°07′15″EVicnames
MulgraveCity of Monash37°53′18″S 145°08′52″EVicnames
MyrniongShire of Moorabool37°36′32″S 144°20′37″EVicnames
NunawadingCity of Whitehorse37°49′41″S 145°09′54″EVicnames
PrahranCity of Glen Eira37°52′38″S 145°02′28″EVicnames
PywheitjorrkCity of Melton37°46′09″S 144°38′19″EVicnames
RochfordShire of Macedon Ranges37°18′44″S 144°40′53″EVicnames
SpringfieldShire of Macedon Ranges37°19′29″S 144°48′55″EVicnames
TarneitCity of Wyndham37°50′47″S 144°40′38″EVicnames
ToorourrongCity of Whittlesea37°29′31″S 145°06′52″EVicnames
TruganinaCity of Hobsons Bay37°51′01″S 144°47′06″EVicnames
TullamarineCity of Hume37°40′33″S 144°50′45″EVicnames
Wallan WallanShire of Mitchell37°25′22″S 145°03′43″EVicnames
Will Will RookCity of Hume37°41′15″S 144°56′30″EVicnames
WollertCity of Whittlesea37°37′28″S 145°00′05″EVicnames
YangardookCity of Melton37°36′02″S 144°35′35″EVicnames
YurokeCity of Hume37°36′53″S 144°54′35″EVicnames

See also

References

  1. Bourke street Melbourne Archived 2006-10-03 at the Wayback Machine
  2. State Library of Tasmania, Electoral Rolls
  3. Bourke County Court
  4. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Melbourne" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 18 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 90.

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