County of Bourke, Victoria

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

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. 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.

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. There was also the Bourke County Court in the 1850s, which became the County Court of Victoria. Melbourne is also referenced as being in "Bourke county" in the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition.

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.

Parish	LGA	Coordinates	Ref	Map
Blackwood	Shire of Moorabool	37°29′57″S 144°19′25″E	Vicnames
Bollinda	City of Hume	37°31′57″S 144°47′59″E	Vicnames
Boroondara	City of Boroondara	37°48′47″S 145°04′04″E	Vicnames
Bulla Bulla	City of Hume	37°36′05″S 144°48′42″E	Vicnames
Bulleen	City of Manningham	37°45′59″S 145°09′11″E	Vicnames
Bullengarook	Shire of Macedon Ranges	37°30′22″S 144°30′49″E	Vicnames
Buttlejorrk	City of Hume	37°32′09″S 144°41′21″E	Vicnames	[1]
Bylands	Shire of Mitchell	37°20′44″S 144°58′25″E	Vicnames
Chintin	Shire of Macedon Ranges	37°22′36″S 144°51′11″E	Vicnames	[2]
Coimadai	Shire of Moorabool	37°34′34″S 144°27′25″E	Vicnames	[3]
Coornmill	Shire of Moorabool	37°29′20″S 144°25′33″E	Vicnames
Cut Paw Paw	City of Maribyrnong	37°48′32″S 144°52′29″E	Vicnames	[4]
Dandenong	City of Greater Dandenong	37°58′18″S 145°11′28″E	Vicnames	[5]
Darraweit Guim	Shire of Macedon Ranges	37°28′00″S 144°53′41″E	Vicnames
Derrimut	City of Melton	37°46′46″S 144°45′03″E	Vicnames	[6]
Deutgam	City of Wyndham	37°55′17″S 144°43′42″E	Vicnames	[7]
Djerriwarrh	City of Melton	37°40′36″S 144°33′44″E	Vicnames	[8]
Doutta Galla	City of Moonee Valley	37°44′56″S 144°54′30″E	Vicnames	[9]
Forbes	Shire of Mitchell	37°18′48″S 144°53′16″E	Vicnames
Gisborne	Shire of Macedon Ranges	37°29′04″S 144°36′01″E	Vicnames
Goldie	Shire of Macedon Ranges	37°14′31″S 144°49′32″E	Vicnames
Jika Jika	City of Darebin	37°45′02″S 144°59′28″E	Vicnames
Havelock	Shire of Macedon Ranges	37°27′16″S 144°48′53″E	Vicnames	[10]
Holden	City of Melton	37°37′06″S 144°42′29″E	Vicnames	[11]
Jika Jika	City of Whittlesea	37°45′02″S 144°59′28″E	Vicnames
Kalkallo	City of Whittlesea	37°33′02″S 144°59′51″E	Vicnames	[12]
Keelbundora	City of Darebin	37°42′53″S 145°03′45″E	Vicnames
Kerrie	Shire of Macedon Ranges	37°26′00″S 144°41′44″E	Vicnames	[13]
Korkuperrimul	Shire of Moorabool	37°39′09″S 144°24′08″E	Vicnames
Kororoit	City of Melton	37°41′50″S 144°38′48″E	Vicnames	[14]
Lancefield	Shire of Macedon Ranges	37°17′01″S 144°44′47″E	Vicnames
Macedon	Shire of Macedon Ranges	37°24′36″S 144°33′51″E	Vicnames
Maribyrnong	City of Brimbank	37°42′45″S 144°46′40″E	Vicnames	[15]
Melbourne North	City of Yarra	37°47′59″S 144°58′46″E	Vicnames
Melbourne South	City of Port Phillip	37°50′11″S 144°57′25″E	Vicnames
Merriang	City of Whittlesea	37°28′46″S 145°00′27″E	Vicnames	[16]
Merrimu	Shire of Moorabool	37°39′13″S 144°29′34″E	Vicnames	[17]
Mickleham	City of Hume	37°32′26″S 144°53′50″E	Vicnames	[18]
Monegeetta	Shire of Macedon Ranges	37°22′46″S 144°45′34″E	Vicnames	[19]
Moorabbin	City of Kingston	37°56′29″S 145°02′30″E	Vicnames	[20]
Moorarbool East	Shire of Moorabool	37°29′49″S 144°13′11″E	Vicnames	[21]
Morang	City of Whittlesea	37°38′09″S 145°05′26″E	Vicnames	[22]
Mordialloc	City of Kingston	37°57′32″S 145°07′15″E	Vicnames
Mulgrave	City of Monash	37°53′18″S 145°08′52″E	Vicnames	[23]
Myrniong	Shire of Moorabool	37°36′32″S 144°20′37″E	Vicnames	[24]
Nunawading	City of Whitehorse	37°49′41″S 145°09′54″E	Vicnames	[25]
Prahran	City of Glen Eira	37°52′38″S 145°02′28″E	Vicnames	[26]
Pywheitjorrk	City of Melton	37°46′09″S 144°38′19″E	Vicnames	[27]
Rochford	Shire of Macedon Ranges	37°18′44″S 144°40′53″E	Vicnames	[28]
Springfield	Shire of Macedon Ranges	37°19′29″S 144°48′55″E	Vicnames	[29]
Tarneit	City of Wyndham	37°50′47″S 144°40′38″E	Vicnames	[30]
Toorourrong	City of Whittlesea	37°29′31″S 145°06′52″E	Vicnames
Truganina	City of Hobsons Bay	37°51′01″S 144°47′06″E	Vicnames
Tullamarine	City of Hume	37°40′33″S 144°50′45″E	Vicnames	[31]
Wallan Wallan	Shire of Mitchell	37°25′22″S 145°03′43″E	Vicnames	[32]
Will Will Rook	City of Hume	37°41′15″S 144°56′30″E	Vicnames	[33]
Wollert	City of Whittlesea	37°37′28″S 145°00′05″E	Vicnames
Yangardook	City of Melton	37°36′02″S 144°35′35″E	Vicnames	[34]
Yuroke	City of Hume	37°36′53″S 144°54′35″E	Vicnames	[35]

See also

• Local government areas of Victoria

References

• Vicnames, place name details
• Research aids, Victoria 1910

External links

• Plans of the County of Bourke 1835-1855