| Bannister New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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Crookwell 2 Wind Farm from Bannister in 2019 | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°35′54″S 149°29′34″E / 34.59842434849°S 149.49286281628°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 141 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2580 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 897 m (2,943 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Upper Lachlan Shire | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Southern Tablelands | ||||||||||||||
| County | Argyle | ||||||||||||||
| Parish | Pomeroy | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Goulburn | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Hume | ||||||||||||||
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Bannister is a small locality in the Upper Lachlan Shire, New South Wales, Australia. It is situated approximately 20 km south of Crookwell and 90 km northeast of Canberra. According to the 2016 census, the population of Bannister was 120.
Bannister was named after Saxe Bannister, the first Attorney General of New South Wales. The locality had a state school from 1878 to 1968, which was referred to as a "public school", "half-time school" or "provisional school". Prior to May 1915, the school was known as Gullen Flat Public School.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Bannister (NSW) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Bannister". Geographical Names Board. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "Bannister". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bannister". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "Bannister in the School history database search". New South Wales Department of Education. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
