Extract
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| GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES REGISTER EXTRACT | |
| 20th June 2013 | |
| Reference: | 3213 |
| Placename: | Bathurst |
| Designation: | City |
| Status: | Assigned 5th July 1974 |
| GNB File: | GNB3734 |
| LGA: | Bathurst Regional |
| Approx. AGD66 Lat: | -33 25 06 |
| Approx. AGD66 Long: | 149 34 46 |
| Approx. GDA94 Lat: | -33 25 00 |
| Approx. GDA94 Long: | 149 34 50 |
| Topographic Map: | Bathurst |
| 1:100000 Map: | Bathurst 8831 |
| Parish: | Bathurst |
| County: | Bathurst |
| Description: | A city about 214 km from the City of Sydney. |
| Origin: | Named by Governor Macquarie, after the Secretary of State for the Colonies when he visited in 1815. (Geographical Encyclopaedia of NSW, Hanson 1892) |
| History: | Gold was discovered near Bathurst in 1851. It became a city in 1885. (Australian Place Names, Kennedy, 1992). |
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