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…There they remained for a number of years, until shortly before Black Thursday Mrs Bourke and her family took possession Bourke's Hotel, at that time known as the "Latrobe Inn," the husband remaining for a time at their station.…

…The name of Bourke and Bourke's Hotel will be, for generations to come, remembered as the pioneers and landmark of this part of Gippsland.…

…It is in this context that, in 1838, Governor Richard Bourke contacted his friend, Thomas Spring -Rice, Baron of Monteagle, and landlord to young Michael Bourke of Foynes Island Shanagolden, County Limerick, Ireland.…

…So Michael and Catherine Bourke, our Irish great great grandparents and founders of the Australian branch of the Bourke family, arrived in Australia on St Patricks Day, March 17th in 1839.…

…As we sat in the car, map in hand, we realised that, within walking distance of Bourke House, were several significant Bourke properties: the Bourke’s Hotel, the youngest son, David’s first property Homegarth, and the fifth son, Daniel Bourke’s Koo Man Goo Nong which he changed to Mt…

…Here is a list of all the Bourkes buried in the Pakenham Cemetery: Looking down on the sprawling suburban growth that is now modern day Pakenham we could just see where another piece of Bourke history still stands, Bourke House .…

…None of our women have had traditional men’s careers, but, across the generations, we have covered a wide range: AGRICULTURE (Dairy maid, Famers’ wives) HEALTHWORK (Doctors’ wives, Aide, Occupational Therapy Assistant) HOSPITALITY/TOURISM (Publican, Office Administraion, Horse Trail Guide) RELIGIOUS SERVICE (Lay Preaching and other good works, Nun) ADMINISTRATION…

…HOSPITALITY/TOURISM Publican Catherine Bourke, in her new home near Pakenham from 1844, helped with the establishment of Minton’s Creek Run, the farm in the Toomuc Valley, that they bought with another family.…

…After Grandpa Bourke’s death in 1950, Grandma Bourke moved out and Dad’s brother Jack and his family moved into the house.…

…It was built in1905 as a doctor's surgery and residence for William Clayton, physician and surgeon.’ This house is significant to our family as two generations of Bourke doctors lived and worked here and our father spent his teenage years here.…

…In Pakenham the Irish Bourkes were building their family of thirteen children, and now owned Bourke’s Hotel.…

…1858 Land Sales, Michael Bourke's purchases: The MacCormacks, in North Central Victoria were also acquiring and working large grazing properties, firstly in Tallarook and then in Molesworth.…

…We choose strong smelling bath salts for Auntie Bert, delightful ornaments for Grandma Bourke, talcum powder for Auntie Tish and often disappointingly, hankies for the men, as they were very hard.…

…Then, I guess still wearing our best, (although some of us were quite prone to getting extremely dirty extremely quickly), we headed off for the afternoon at Grandma Bourke’s place.…

…Shortly before Black Thursday the Bourke’s had taken possession of Bourke’s Hotel in Pakenham.…

…Michael Bourke remained at their selection, while Mrs Bourke was to run the hotel and Post Office. ‘On Black Thursday the whole district was ablaze.…

…As we were researching the early life of our Catholic grandmother Grace, we stumbled across the application for probate for the will of Doctor Hugh Stanislaus Bourke, our grandfather.…

…His widow Grace, his son Jack, his daughter Patricia are mentioned but no mention of James Vincent Bourke his second son, our father.…

…We took it in turns to go in and ask for “Any letters for Bourke?”.…

…The Dining Room Grandma Bourke’s gave us the large shiny wooden dining table and chairs.…

…Maybe it became redundant after Grandpa Bourke died in 1950, and she moved out of the large house.…

…(a singing celebrity of the time) Four years later, at the end of a gruelling four years of war, Grace herself married Hugh Stanislaus Bourke.…

…Bourke and Miss Grace McCormack.…

…Michael and Catherine Bourke of Limerick in Ireland were the first to arrive in Australia in the late 1830’s.…

…In 1990 our mother, Alice Bourke and her sister, Marge Rostos, both in their late sixties, armed with a cassette tape recorder, sat together in Alice’s unit and remembered.…

…In our research we found ships’ records, relevant letters from Governor Bourke and actual dates of where and when the family travelled and settled in what is now Pakenham.…

…But actually seeing the number and prominence of the Bourke graves in the Pakenham cemetery brought it alive for us.…

…The photographer is listed on the back as Burman, 209 Bourke St Melbourne.…

…We spent a day at Croydon visiting our mother’s childhood haunts; we parked outside our own childhood home and retraced our walk to school; and we spent a day driving between the Pakenham Bourke’s properties.…