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单词 Bourke
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Definition of Bourke in English:

Bourke

proper nounbəːk
  • A town in the north-west of New South Wales, situated on the Darling River, about 800 km from Sydney.

Phrases

  • back of Bourke

    • informal The remote and sparsely populated inland of Australia.

      we don't have the same roads in the back of Bourke as we have in Sydney
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The girl grew up in a mud hut in the back of Bourke.
      • It's a fitting monument to a delightfully diverse career that began with some songs written in a caravan out the back of Bourke.
      • If you choose to live in the back of Bourke, I think you don't expect everything to be just as good there as it is in the urban centres where the vast majority of the population live.
      • The team conducted a biodiversity survey on the wildlife reserve out the back of Bourke, in the state's far west.
      • Further west of Sydney, out the back of Bourke, they are also looking for a lot of long-lost teams.

Origin

Named after Sir Richard Bourke (1777–1855), soldier and governor of New South Wales (1831–37).

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