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Bourke is a town in the north-west of New South Wales, Australia. The administrative centre and largest town in Bourke Shire, Bourke is approximately 800 kilometres (500 mi) north- west of the state capital, Sydney, on the south bank of the Darling River. At the 2006 census, Bourke had a population of 2,047, of whom 762 (or 37%) identified as Indigenous Australians. Bourke has a hot semi-arid climate with mild amount of rainfall throughout the year. Bourke is considered to represent the edge of the settled agricultural districts and the gateway to the Outback that lies north and west of Bourke.