John Edward Burke (8 January 1871[1] – 9 October 1947) was a shipowner in Queensland, Australia.
[citation needed] His company, J. E. Burke, Ltd, owned numerous small ships serving towns on the Gulf of Carpentaria and Cape York Peninsula from Brisbane to Burketown (named for the possibly unrelated Robert O'Hara Burke).
Their ships (owned or chartered) include: On 17 April 1895 Burke married Bridget O'Keefe (c. 1874 – 11 June 1934).
She was born in Sachel, County Tipperary, Ireland and arrived in Australia age 19 (so c. 1893).
They had three children: They had a home on Shafston Avenue, East Brisbane.