The County of Bourke is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the Lands administrative divisions of Australia, (used for land titles and no longer other administrative or political function).
It is the oldest and most populous county in Victoria and contains the city of Melbourne.
The county was named after Irish born Sir Richard Bourke, the Governor of New South Wales between 1831 and 1837.
Melbourne is also referenced as being in "Bourke county" in the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition.
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