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Bannister
New South Wales
Bannister; New South Wales
	Crookwell 2 Wind Farm from Bannister in 2019
	Bannister Location in New South Wales
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	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 Shire
Region	Southern Tablelands
County	Argyle
Parish	Pomeroy
State electorate(s)	Goulburn
Federal division(s)	Hume
	Localities around Bannister:

Bannister is a small locality in the Upper Lachlan Shire, New South Wales, Australia.^[2]^[3] 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.^[4]

Bannister was named after Saxe Bannister, the first Attorney General of New South Wales.^[2] 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.^[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.