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For this reason, "Busier than Bourke Street" is a popular colloquialism denoting a crowded or busy environment. Bourke Street is named for Irish-born British Army officer Sir Richard Bourke, who served as the Governor of New South Wales from 1831 and 1837 during the drafting of the Hoddle Grid. [2]
Bourke is a town in the north-west of New South Wales, Australia.The administrative centre and largest town in Bourke Shire, Bourke is approximately 800 kilometres (500 mi) north-west of the state capital, Sydney, on the south bank of the Darling River. it is also situated:
Blacktown Road commences at the intersection of Lennox and Bourke Streets in Richmond and heads in a southeasterly direction as a two-lane, single carriageway road, meeting George Street at Londonderry, where it changes name to Richmond Road and continues to meet The Northern Road a short distance later, then continuing southeast before widening to a four-lane, dual-carriageway road through ...
Taylor Square sits at the intersection of Bourke, Forbes, Oxford and Flinders streets above the tunnel section of the Eastern Distributor.The square is named after Sir Allen Taylor (1864–1940), a timber merchant, ship builder and Lord Mayor of Sydney who was responsible for the widening of Oxford Street during his tenure.
Map of Far West New South Wales. The only city in the Far West is Broken Hill. Other significant towns are Bourke, Brewarrina, Cobar, Ivanhoe and Wentworth. Ninety-five per cent of the region is uncleared. [4] Major economic activities are mining and extensive pasturing.
Bourke Street Wesleyan Chapel is a heritage-listed chapel at 348a Bourke Street in the inner city Sydney suburb of Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia. The property is owned by the Wesleyan Church. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. [1] It was also known as the Bourke Street Methodist Church. [2]
The Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church is a heritage-listed Greek Orthodox church building located at 626–630 Bourke Street, Surry Hills, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. [1] It was designed by C. R. Summerhayes and built from 1898 to 1931 by J. Noble. It is also known as Ayia Trias and Agia Triada. The property is owned by Greek ...
Oxford Street is a major thoroughfare in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, running from the south-east border of the Sydney central business district to Bondi Junction in the Eastern Suburbs. Close to the CBD in particular, the street is lined with numerous shops, bars and nightclubs .