Her father was Dr. Aubrey Bourke of Ballina, County Mayo, while her mother was from Donegal, Dr. Tessa Bourke ( née O ' Donnell ) of Carndonagh, Inishowen.

One ancestor was a leading activist in the Irish National Land League of Mayo and the Irish Republican Brotherhood ; an uncle, Sir Paget John Bourke, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II after a career as a judge in the Colonial Service ; while another relative was a Roman Catholic nun.

A comprehensive study of scatology was documented by John Gregory Bourke under the title Rites of All Nations ( 1891 ).

Traditionally it is said that the Bourke marriage was motivated by Ní Mháille's desire to enlarge her holdings and her prestige.

Bourke was owner of Rockfleet Castle, also called Carraigahowley Castle, which was strategically situated near Newport, as well as other lands like Burrishoole, with sheltered harbors in which a pirate ship could hide.

Tibbot was later knighted as Sir Theobald Bourke, and was created first Viscount Mayo in 1626 by Charles I. Bourke had at least four other children, Edmund, Walter, John, and Catherine.

The original House was built by Colonel John Browne, a Jacobite, who was at the Siege of Limerick, and his wife Maude Bourke.

Maude Bourke was Gráinne Ní Mháille ’ s great-great granddaughter.

* There was some back and forth in the 1990s between Winton and Bourke, New South Wales, with the record finishing in Winton with 34 trailers.

During the next three months Hobson and his officers thoroughly surveyed Port Phillip, the northern portion of which, by direction of Governor Sir Richard Bourke, was named Hobson's Bay, after Hobson.

Angry at the way the incident had been covered up by the authorities ( a verdict of accidental death was recorded and Jock was suspended ), the women rioted and held a rooftop protest in which Leanne Bourke ( Tracey-Jo Riley ), the daughter of Noeline Bourke, fell to her death from the roof.

Prisoner: Cell Block H – Behind the Scenes was written by Terry Bourke and published by Angus & Robertson Publishers, who also released similar books about Neighbours and Home & Away.

* Maeve Brennan: Homesick at the New Yorker by Angela Bourke ( 2004 )

However, in Melbourne, the Bourke Street buses were replaced by trams in 1955, and new lines opened to East Preston and East Brunswick.

* Duality ( Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke album ), a 1998 album by Lisa Gerrard and Pieter Bourke

In 1835 Governor Bourke implemented the doctrine of terra nullius by proclaiming that Indigenous Australians could not sell or assign land, nor could an individual person or group acquire it, other than through distribution by the Crown.

* 1969: Christian the lion was bought by John Rendall and Anthony ' Ace ' Bourke.

* Human Thinking in terms of processing layers — by Roger Bourke White Jr ..

Snog is a band formed by Australian musician David Thrussell, along with fellow art school friends, Tim McGrath and Julia Bourke, in 1989.

That same year, two side projects emerged: Soma was formed by Thrussell and Pieter Bourke — who has since worked with Dead Can Dance and Lisa Gerrard — and Thrussell formed solo project Black Lung.

Governor Darling's somewhat tardy but appreciative dispatch of 14 April 1831, and his request for Sturt's promotion, had had no result, and nothing came of the request by Sir Richard Bourke who had succeeded Darling that Viscount Goderich should give " this deserving officer your Lordship's protection and support ".

Although its flow is extraordinarily irregular ( the river dried up on no fewer than forty-five occasions between 1885 and 1960 ), in the later 19th century the Darling became a major transportation route, the pastoralists of western New South Wales using it to send their wool by shallow-draft paddle steamer from busy river ports such as Bourke and Wilcannia to the South Australian railheads at Morgan and Murray Bridge.

* Last Exit ( 2003 film ), a Danish thriller by David Noel Bourke

David Don was librarian to the botanist Aylmer Bourke Lambert and compiled for him, Prodromus florae nepalensis ... London, J. Gale, 1825, based on collections made by the botanists Francis Hamilton and Nathaniel Wallich of the Calcutta Botanic Garden.

In September 1836, Governor Bourke established the Port Phillip District of New South Wales, though the borders had still not been determined, with the settlement as its administrative centre.

The 1835 proclamation by Governor Richard Bourke implemented the doctrine of " terra nullius " upon which British settlement was based, reinforcing the concept that there was no land owner prior to British possession and that Aboriginal people could not sell or assign the land, and individuals could only acquire it through distribution by the Crown.

When Governor Richard Bourke and Captain William Lonsdale visited the emergent settlement at Port Phillip in 1837, they both felt the main site of settlement would emerge at the estuary and they renamed it William's Town after King William IV, then the English monarch.

* 1835 – the Proclamation of Governor Bourke, issued by the Colonial Office and sent to the Governor with Despatch 99 of 10 October 1835, implements the doctrine of terra nullius upon which British settlement was based.

Early in 1835 the Governor of New South Wales, Governor Richard Bourke, visited Twofold Bay and the site of the proposed new settlement on board HMS Hyacinth.

Gerrard teamed with Pieter Bourke ( Snog, Soma ) to issue Duality in April 1998.

The flagship store is located in the Bourke Street Mall in Melbourne and received a $ 300 million dollar redevelopment which officially opened in April 2011.

In 2011, Zara entered the Australian market with a three story, 1400sqm store in the Westfield Sydney complex opened on April 21, 2011 and a second three story 1800sqm store at Bourke Street Mall Melbourne which opened on 15 June 2011.

In April 2006, This Is Hell members Rick Jimenez and Dan Bourke were interested in starting a side project.

From May to July 1836, Royal Navy officer Captain William Hobson, under instruction from Sir Richard Bourke, visited New Zealand to investigate claims of lawlessness in its settlements.

The outback can be also referred to as " back of beyond ", " back o ' Bourke " although these terms are more frequently used when referring to something a long way from anywhere, or a long way away.

There is also the defunct St. Peter's Anglican church, Bourke Street, which is now part of SCEGGS Darlinghurst.

Nevertheless, the Parliamentary Library Committee also collected paintings for the Australian collections of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library, including landscapes, notably the acquisition of Tom Roberts ' Allegro con brio, Bourke St West in 1918.

Bourke also commissioned Robert Hoddle to make the first plan for the town, completed on 25 March 1837, which came to be known as the Hoddle Grid.

Downey has also written, with co-author John Bourke, a memoir of care giving for their respective mothers-in-law.

Robert Bourke was also a successful politician.

The gang was later led by Irish American Aidan Bourke, also known as " Black Dog " possibly due to a ruthless nature similar to that of the ghost dog in the folklores of the Celtic and British Isles.

Several other members of the Bourke ( pronounced " Burke ") family have also gained distinction.

Nic Cester also performed as part of supergroup The Wrights, featuring members of other Australian rock bands Spiderbait ( Kram, drums ), The Living End ( Chris Cheney, guitar ), Dallas Crane ( Pat Bourke, bass ) and You Am I / The Pictures ( Davey Lane, guitar ).

The new owners, who also secured the freehold on the flagship Bourke Street store, indicated that they would not radically change the business, at least in the short term, and had no plans to redevelop the Bourke Street site as this would impact too heavily on profitability during the construction period.

* Number 86 tram from Bourke Street, which also travels a short distance along Nicholson Street, turns at Gertrude Street, turns again into Smith Street and again into Queens Parade.

In c. 1650 he also succeeded his cousin as third Viscount Bourke according to a special remainder in the letters patent ( see below ).

Ciarán Bourke was a singer, but he also played the guitar, tin whistle and harmonica.

It has also been stated that the very first interstate game of Rugby League ( between New South Wales and Queensland ) was played between Cunnamulla and Bourke.

The town is also served by Bourke Airport and has Countrylink bus service to other regional centres, like Dubbo.

Bush poets Harry Morant ( the Breaker ) and Will Ogilvie also spent time in the Bourke region and based much of their work on the experience.

The County of Bourke, Victoria, which includes Melbourne, and Bourke County, New South Wales were also named after him.

Maurice Blackburn succeeded Frank Anstey as Federal representative for the seat of Bourke and also maintained an active interest in the affairs of the Brunswick Progress Association.

Although the second raid also failed fully to close the Bruges Canal to submarine traffic, Crutchley, Drummond and Bourke were awarded Victoria Crosses for the action.