The building's design was attributed to George Oakeshott, an employee of New South Wales Government Architect Walter Liberty Vernon and was built by J. Douglas of Orange.

[1] In June 2009, the Bourke Shire Council expressed outrage over not being informed of alterations to the building which had removed 109-year-old cedar benches to create two interview rooms.

The covered open walkways and enclosed garden court are designed to suit the hot dry climate.

[1] Bourke Court House was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.

[1] This Wikipedia article was originally based on Bourke Court House, entry number 00791 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 2 June 2018.