Bathurst, New South Wales
Bathurst is a city in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is about 200km west of Sydney. Bathurst has a campus of Charles Sturt University[2] and a cathedral.
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| File:Bathurst skyline.jpg Bathurst skyline | |||||||||
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| Coordinates | 33°25′12″S 149°34′40″E / 33.42000°S 149.57778°ECoordinates: 33°25′12″S 149°34′40″E / 33.42000°S 149.57778°E | ||||||||
| Population | 35,020 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||
| Established | 1814 | ||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2795 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 650 m (2,133 ft) | ||||||||
| Location | 203 km (126 mi) NW of Sydney | ||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Bathurst | ||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Calare | ||||||||
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Bathurst is famous for Mount Panorama racetrack. Every year the Bathurst 1000 motor race happens over Easter. The race is a 1000 km event. The racetrack is 6.213km. It usually takes drivers about 7 hours to complete the race.
Bathurst has passenger trains to and from Sydney.[3]
Bathurst, New South Wales Media
- George Evans monument - Bathurst.jpg
George Evans monument - Bathurst
- The Plains, Bathurst.jpg
John Lewin, The Plains, Bathurst, watercolour drawing, ca. 1815
- Bathurst , c.1847-57 painted by Joseph Backler a928569h.jpg
Bathurst, painted by Joseph Backler c.1847–1857
- Edward Hammond Hargraves 1875.jpg
Painting of Edward Hargraves, credited with the first discovery of payable gold near Bathurst in 1851.
The Gardiner–Hall gang of bushrangers raiding Bathurst in 1863
- William street Bathurst about 1870.jpg
William Street, Bathurst, east side, looking south from Howick Street, Bathurst (collection of Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales)
- Bathurst Base Hospital.jpg
Bathurst District Hospital
- 2010-09-19 Bathurst, NSW - 11.jpg
Bathurst, NSW
- Ambulance Station - Bathurst NSW (5167186409).jpg
Bathurst District Ambulance Station
- Group of migrants at the Bathurst Migrant Centre, 1949 (8400334899).jpg
Post-war migrants at the Bathurst Migrant Centre, 1949
References
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bathurst". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ↑ "Charles Sturt University in Bathurst". csu.edu.au. Archived from the original on 27 March 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- ↑ Transport for NSW, Customer Experience Division. "Bathurst Station". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
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