Bourke Cemetery
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Bourke Cemetery

Bourke, Bourke Shire, New South Wales, Australia

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    Bourke, Bourke Shire, New South Wales 2840 Australia
    Coordinates: -30.10176, 145.93695
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Bourke Cemetery NSW, is both a General and an historic cemetery maintained by the Bourke Shire. The cemetery predates the town and contains the graves of bushrangers, drovers, cameleers, river boat men, pioneers and their children as well as some more recent local and Australian heroes, such as eye surgeon and humanitarian Professor Fred Hollows.
The low average rainfall means that pioneers experienced extreme difficulties living in this fairly arid area where the temperature ranges from lows of 50 C to highs above 350 C. Some headstone epitaphs reflect these difficulties. Comments such as ‘found hanging in the bush', ‘perished in the bush', ‘sheer isolation took its toll', or ‘poisoned himself' are present. Many pioneer children died of diphtheria, tuberculosis or typhoid.
Bourke Cemetery NSW, is both a General and an historic cemetery maintained by the Bourke Shire. The cemetery predates the town and contains the graves of bushrangers, drovers, cameleers, river boat men, pioneers and their children as well as some more recent local and Australian heroes, such as eye surgeon and humanitarian Professor Fred Hollows.
The low average rainfall means that pioneers experienced extreme difficulties living in this fairly arid area where the temperature ranges from lows of 50 C to highs above 350 C. Some headstone epitaphs reflect these difficulties. Comments such as ‘found hanging in the bush', ‘perished in the bush', ‘sheer isolation took its toll', or ‘poisoned himself' are present. Many pioneer children died of diphtheria, tuberculosis or typhoid.

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