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New life for historic Bourke police residence
The NSW Government has renovated and upgraded a heritage-listed former police residence in Bourke which will be used by CatholicCare Wilcannia-Forbes as its new Bourke office for social and community services.
The 119-year-old building at 28 Mertin Street has been renovated by the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment – Crown Lands to help benefit the regional community.
“This is fantastic news for the not-for-profit CatholicCare, which has been appointed Crown land manager of the site, and the thousands of residents it supports,” NSW Nationals Upper House MP Sam Farraway said.
“The former police residence will be used as the Bourke branch office for CatholicCare’s Wilcannia–Forbes diocese which is the largest in NSW, operating across 14 offices and 414,000 square kilometres covering more than half the entire State.”