"Forgotten Hero Richard Bourke, Irish Governor of NSW 1831-1837 by Max Waugh

This book printed in 2005
Richard Bourke was born in Dublin on 4 May 1774. The Bourkes were descendants of the De Burgo family, who in 13th Century accompanied King John in the Norman conquest of Ireland. I feel there may be some connection between his Governorship of the colony and Edward (Do not know his date of arrival c 1846) and William Colburn Mayne's immigration to NSW. William arrived in Sydney on "Hero of Malown" on 24th April 1839. In 1846 he became commissioner for crown lands for the Wellington District.
Contacts to find out more about this time would be www.records.nsw.au State Records, Archives of NSW and
GoreDavid@aol.com who is an expert on the Mayne family.