Bourke Shire is a local government area in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia.

The Bourke LGA (local government area) was traditionally home to around fifteen Aboriginal groups.

These traditional landowners have been identified as belonging to five main groups, the Ngiyampaa, Barranbinya, Paruntji, Naualko, and Muruwari peoples.

The boundaries of the land they occupied were defined largely by rivers, landforms, and areas of access to seasonal environmental resources.

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics during 2003–04 there:[4] Bourke Shire Council is composed of ten councillors elected proportionally as a single ward.