Bannister, New South Wales
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| Bannister New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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 Crookwell 2 Wind Farm from Bannister in 2019 | |||||||||||||||
Location in New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°35′54″S 149°29′34″E / 34.59842434849°S 149.49286281628°E | ||||||||||||||
| 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.[1][2] 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.[3] Bannister was named after Saxe Bannister, the first Attorney General of New South Wales.[1] 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.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "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.
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