| Bourke Australian House of Representatives Division |
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| State or territory: | Victoria |
| Created: | 1901 |
| Abolished: | 1949 |
| Namesake: | Richard Bourke |
The Division of Bourke was an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The House of Representatives is one of the two houses (chambers of the Parliament of Australia; it is the Lower house, the Upper house being the Senate The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. The Commonwealth of Australia is made up of 8 states and territories controlled under a federal system of government Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about the NSW governor for the Irish statesman see Richard Bourke 6th Earl of Mayo General Sir Richard Bourke, The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. The division was created in 1900 and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Background Following the federation of 1856 - New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria 1857 - South Australia It was abolished in 1949. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It was named for Sir Richard Bourke, who was Governor of New South Wales at the time of the founding of Melbourne. This article is about the NSW governor for the Irish statesman see Richard Bourke 6th Earl of Mayo General Sir Richard Bourke, The Governor of New South Wales is the representative in the Australian state of New South Wales of Australia's monarch, Elizabeth II, Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 It was based in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, including the suburbs of Brunswick and Coburg. Brunswick is an inner-northern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Coburg (aka the burg is a mid-northern Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. After 1910 it was a safe seat for the Australian Labor Party, but was lost to an independent member in 1946. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.