South Bathurst
Bathurst is a city in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia.

Bathurst 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.
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Worth seeing in and around South Bathurst
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Charles Sturt University
Charles Sturt University is an Australian multi-campus public university located in New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory and Victoria. Established in 1989, it was named in honour of Captain Charles Sturt, a British explorer who made expeditions into regional New South Wales and South Australia.
2.1 km · public university in Australia · Wikipedia - 02Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum
The Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum - Home of the Somerville Collection is located in the city of Bathurst in regional New South Wales Australia and was opened in July 2004. The Somerville Collection, the lifetime work of Warren Somerville AM, is housed on display in the 1876 historic public school building which displays some of the finest and rarest minerals and fossils from around the world and scientifically significant fossils from Australia.
400 m · museum in Bathurst, Australia · Wikipedia - 03Carrington Park
Carrington Park is a multi-purpose stadium in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It has a capacity of 11,500.
700 m · stadium in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 04Bathurst Showground
The Bathurst Showground is a heritage-listed showground on Kendall Avenue, Bathurst, in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by James Hines, J. J. Copemen and Edward Gell and built from 1879.
800 m · heritage-listed showground in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 05Abercrombie House
Abercrombie House is a heritage-listed historic house and house museum located in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It was constructed in the 1870s by the Stewart family, pioneers in the Bathurst region.
400 m · mansion in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 06Cathedral of St Michael and St John
Cathedral of St Michael and St John is a heritage-listed Roman Catholic cathedral at 107 William Street, Bathurst, Bathurst Region, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Charles Hansom and built from 1857 to 1861 by Edward Gell.
100 m · church in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 07Bathurst Correctional Complex
Bathurst Correctional Centre, originally built as Bathurst Gaol in 1888, is a prison for men and women located in the city of Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, and operated by the Department of Communities and Justice. Bathurst holds inmates sentenced under State or Australian criminal law, along with a small number of remand prisoners.
1.9 km · building in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 08Denison Bridge
The Denison Bridge is a heritage-listed footbridge over the Macquarie River in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is the fourth oldest metal truss bridge existing in Australia.
1.4 km · bridge in Bathurst, New South Wales · Wikipedia - 09All Saints Cathedral Bells
The All Saints Cathedral Bells are heritage-listed church bells at All Saints Anglican Cathedral, Church Street, Bathurst, in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. They were built from 1853 to 1855 by John Warner and Sons, Crescent Foundry of London, England.
300 m · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 10Miss Traill's House
Miss Traill's House is a heritage-listed former residence, clergy house and school and now museum at 321 Russell Street, Bathurst, Bathurst Region, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Henry Kitchen and built from 1845 by Reverend Thomas Sharpe.
900 m · historic house in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
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Getting to South Bathurst
- Airports
- Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 159 km · Newcastle (NTL), 221 km
- Stations
- Bathurst Airport, 7.2 km · Bathurst railway station, 800 m · Raglan railway station, New South Wales, 6.9 km
- Sydney (Mascot) → South Bathurst160 km · quickest by road, 4h 5m · A$25–33
- Williamtown → South Bathurst223 km · quickest by road, 6h 2m · A$41–55
- Melbourne → South Bathurst640 km · quickest by road, 11h 57m · A$90–125
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No local-transport research exists yet for South Bathurst
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for South Bathurst. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in South Bathurst – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to South Bathurst
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- Merembra Homesteadhuman settlement in Australia3.6 km
- Llanarthlocality in New South Wales, Australia3.5 km
- Mount Panoramalocality in Bathurst Region, New South Wales, Australia3.6 km