Bathurst

Also known as Bathurst, New South Wales, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia

city in New South Wales, Australia

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Bathurst is a city in New South Wales, Australia, serving as the capital of the Bathurst Regional Council. Established in 1815, it is named after Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst. The city is situated at an elevation of 650 meters above sea level and falls within the UTC+10:00 time zone. Its postal code is 2795, and it is associated with the Calare electoral district.

The population of Bathurst is 36,230, comprising 17,362 males and 17,651 females. The city centre has a recorded population of 6,949. Bathurst is described in sources including the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition and The Nuttall Encyclopædia.

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Place details

Locality: Bathurst
Region: New South Wales
Country: Australia
Population: 36,230
Timezone: Australia/Sydney

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PM10: 1.8 µg/m³

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Key facts

Country: Australia
State: New South Wales
Region: Central West
Lga: Bathurst Regional Council
Location: 203 km (126 mi) WNW of Sydney 60 km (37 mi) W of Lithgow 55 km (34 mi) ESE of Orange 186 km (116 mi) N of Goulburn 280 km (170 mi) N of Canberra
State electorate: Bathurst
Federal division: Calare
Elevation: 650 m (2,130 ft)
Total: 36,230 ( urban centre and locality</span>"}]]}'>UCL 2021 )
Mean max temp: 20.8 °C (69.4 °F)
Mean min temp: 6.7 °C (44.1 °F)
Annual rainfall: 647.8 mm (25.50 in)

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Encyclopedic overview

Bathurst (/ˈbæθɜːrst/ BATH-erst, locally /ˈbæθəst/ BATH-əst) is a city in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia. Bathurst is about 200 kilometres (120 mi) west-northwest of Sydney and is the seat of the Bathurst Regional Council. Founded in 1815, Bathurst is the oldest inland settlement in Australia and had a population of 44,621 in 2023.

Bathurst is often referred to as the Gold Country, as the area was the site of Australia's first discovery of payable gold in 1851, and where Australia's first gold rush occurred. Today education, tourism and manufacturing drive the economy. The internationally known racetrack Mount Panorama, also known as Wahluu, is a landmark of the city which brings in a lot of tourism, especially during the week of the Bathurst 1000. Bathurst has a historic city centre with many ornate buildings remaining from the New South Wales gold rush in the mid to late 19th century.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bathurst” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.