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Bourke Area. Bourke Highlights. Enjoy one of the relaxing daily cruises, or…. The Back O' Bourke Information and Exhibition Centre is set amongst the native garden of the river red gums on the banks…. Bourke showcases many historically significant buildings well over years old. Of particular interest is the Court….

For a holiday that will take you far from the everyday, try the historic Redbank Homestead in Gundabooka State…. Events 15 Apr - 18 Apr. The first Back to Bourke Reunion ran from the 24th of March over Easter , crazy how quickly time flies. The Easter Sunday race day includes a five race program with the feature race being the Harry Hart Memorial Cup sponsored…. Back O' Bourke Exhibition Centre Discover the story of outback New South Wales at this exhibition centre with interactive displays and stunning imagery.

Back O' Bourke Gallery Situated on the banks of the Darling River, the gallery showcases the original works of an established outback artist. Local tourist guides:. Visit Bourke The Bourke visitor centre offers information for travellers including attractions, events and places to stay.

Starlight was captured nearly three months later, held and charged in Bourke and tried in Bathurst. It was built in to control the flow of water down the river. It can still be viewed and this map provides directions to the lock and weir and identifies some of the best fishing spots near the town.

The wharf was built in The North Bourke bridge was built in England and shipped up the Darling in sections. The large billabong was where John Hallahan was drowned in And the PS Wave was a paddle steamer which was stranded in the floods. Of particular interest are:.

Police Inspectors Quarters, Mertin Street - an elegant wooden building which was built in and is now owned by the local historical society. It was originally the Methodist Church and subsequently became the home of the local newspaper which was first published in Post Office, Oxley Street - was built in with the upper floor being added some years later.

It survived the flood the town's worst flood when the river broke its banks and the levees which had been built by building its own levee bank. The Court itself, which is open for inspection during non-court times, is beautifully preserved. The crown on the spire indicates that it was a Maritime Courthouse - the furthest from the coast. Poet's Corner, Mitchell Highway - a simple reminder that around the end of the 19th century a number of poets lived in, and wrote about, the area.

Lands Department Building, Meek Street - one of the most elegant single story buildings in town. It was built in and designed to keep cool in the long, hot summers. Carriers Arms Hotel, Mitchell Highway - it is said that, because he lived over the road where there is now a supermarket, Henry Lawson spent many hours in the Carriers Arms and reputedly wrote some stories in the building. Built in , today it is closed. It was sold to Samuel McCaughey in He was an optimist and a committed entrepreneur.

By , only four years after his arrival, he had purchased 42, acres in the New South Wales Riverina and by he had expanded his property holdings to , acres. In the early s he purchased 2,, acres west of Bourke on the Warrego River. By the mids he had expanded into southern Queensland and owned a staggering 3,, acres.

But this is only half the story. The home he built outside Bourke on Toorale Station still stands and, although it is rundown and in desperate need of repair , it has a huge ballroom and is a strange reminder of what life was like for the wealthy in the outback in the s.

In over , sheep were shorn in the Old Shearing Shed. Around this time Henry Lawson worked on the property and wrote poems — A Stranger on the Darling, Bosses Boots and others — about the experience. In , after seven years of drought, Toorale was sold at auction and purchased by the Commonwealth Government. It is slowly being turned into a National Park with the huge dams that McCaughey built being demolished. It can be visited.

It can only be visited when accompanied by a National Parks ranger. Wanaaring Located on the banks of the Paroo River, km north-west of Bourke on a predominantly unsealed road, Wanaaring was established in the s as a service centre for the surrounding stations.

It is a tiny township with few services. A map in the main street indicates the locations of the Outback Inn hotel-motel, the police, the primary school, the general store, free camping, the park and BBQ area and the local bee farm.

It is located in Gurnu — Baakandji Country. Sturt wrote that the whole area was "unlikely to become the haunt of civilised man".