Bannister, New South Wales

Town in New South Wales, Australia

34°35′54″S 149°29′34″E / 34.59842434849°S 149.49286281628°E / -34.59842434849; 149.49286281628Population141 (SAL 2021)^[1]Postcode(s)2580Elevation897 m (2,943 ft)Location

120 km (75 mi) N of Canberra
20 km (12 mi) S of Crookwell
34 km (21 mi) NW of Goulburn
229 km (142 mi) SW of Sydney

LGA(s)Upper Lachlan ShireRegionSouthern TablelandsCountyArgyleParishPomeroyState electorate(s)Goulburn Federal division(s)Hume

Localities around Bannister:
Grabben Gullen	Pejar	Woodhouselee
Gurrundah	Bannister	Wayo
Gurrundah	Gurrundah	Mummel

Bannister is a locality in the Upper Lachlan Shire, New South Wales, Australia.^[2]^[3] It lies about 20 km south of Crookwell and 90 km northeast of Canberra. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 120.^[4]

Bannister was named after Saxe Bannister, first Attorney General of New South Wales.^[2] It had a state school from 1878 to 1968. This was described at different times as a "public school", a "half-time school" or a "provisional school". Prior to May 1915, it was called Gullen Flat Public School.^[5]

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.