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. it is also situated:137 kilometres south of Barringun and the Queensland – New South Wales Border 256 kilometres south of Cunnamulla 454 kilometres south of Charleville