Melbourne's Pellegrini's restaurant (66 Bourke St, Melbourne) is an ever-enchanting survivor of this generation.
Nonetheless some grand stone buildings from Bourke's heyday, once facing demolition, are having a renaissance.
Bourke, one of Lawson's biographers reports, was then served by 200 businesses, including 19 hotels.
Next morning, I stand on Bourke's reconstructed old wharf and look down at the olive-green Darling River.
The Bourke region's population decline over the five years to 2007 was the third highest in Australia.
However difficult it may be vegans to date one another today, it used to be harder, says Bourke.
Turn right and head west down Little Bourke Street, cross Elizabeth Street and look out for Brother Baba Budan.
But cotton is no longer king, water licences are more expensive than ever and Bourke, once again, is hanging in limbo.
Number eight Colin Bourke has been playing for the Highlanders in Dunedin.
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When you get to the corner of Swanston and Little Bourke Street, look to your left to see the elaborate gates of Chinatown.
Mr Bourke said he was not aware this was against the rules and the vote, which was on a motion to introduce government by committee, was discounted.
Before driving out of town I call on Alistair Ferguson, head of an aboriginal community group, at his office in Bourke's courthouse, one of the grand old buildings.
Follow the commotion and hubbub onto the Bourke Street Mall.
The VIP guest list was headed by Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon, High Commissioners of eight Commonwealth countries, Chief Scout George Purdy, Scout Association vice-president Major General Michael Walsh and Welsh Scout Council president William Legge-Bourke.
The Queen will even go to Bourke, a dusty town which is a byword in Australia for the remote outback - "Back o' Bourke" means the back of beyond or middle of nowhere in Aussie-speak.
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