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18 unusual facts about Bathurst


Andrew Stroud

He then raced at Bathurst where he finished 2nd in the 1988 Arai 500 km Superbike race.

Andy Lally

In 2009 he was again No. 1 qualifier for both luge classes at the IGSA World Championships in Bathurst, Australia and went on to his win the World Championship in Classic luge and finish 2nd in Street Luge.

Austin-Healey 3000

Austin Healey 3000's have a long competition history, and raced at most major racing circuits around the world, including Sebring (USA), Le Mans (France), and Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst (Australia).

Bathurst 12 Hour

The Bathurst 12 Hour (currently called the Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour) is an endurance race for GT and production cars held at the Mount Panorama Circuit, in Bathurst, Australia in February each year.

Bot Stanley

Stanley, a centre, was born in Bathurst, New South Wales and claimed a total of 14 international rugby caps for Australia.

Highways in Australia

By the end of his term in 1822 the colony had a network of three major roads, with the Great Western Road as the most important link, traversing the Blue Mountains from Sydney to Bathurst.

HMAS Bathurst

Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Bathurst, for the city of Bathurst, New South Wales.

John Weatherstone

Weatherstone, a centre, was born in Bathurst, New South Wales and claimed a total of 7 international rugby caps for Australia.

Mark Renshaw

Renshaw, who was born in Bathurst, New South Wales, began his career as a track cyclist riding for the Bathurst Cycle Club.

Marty Roebuck

Educated at St Stanislaus College, Bathurst, Roebuck was also a physiotherapist and played rugby while working when the game was an amateur sport.

Mazda RX-7

This model was developed as a homologated road-going version of the factory race cars used in the 12-hour endurance races held at Bathurst, New South Wales, beginning in 1991 for the 1995 event held at Eastern Creek, Sydney, New South Wales.

Mosler MT900

Martin Short's Rollcentre Racing team also took their MT900R to a second place finish in the inaugural Bathurst 24 Hour in 2002 at the famous Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, Australia.

Sir Frederick Hervey-Bathurst, 3rd Baronet

Hervey-Bathurst was one of three local gentlemen, Thomas Chamberlayne and Sir John Barker-Mill, who financed the development of the Antelope Ground and installed the former Hampshire and Surrey cricketer Daniel Day in the Antelope Hotel.

Sir Frederick Hervey-Bathurst, 4th Baronet

His half-brother Lionel Hervey-Bathurst represented Hampshire in two first-class matches in 1875.

SS West Saginaw

She then sailed to Bathurst, South Africa, arriving on 10 June and departing the same day for Dakar.

Thomas Napier Thomson

On arriving at Maitland, there was neither church, manse, nor congregation, so he initiated a charge at Bathurst on 13 July 1832.

Tracy Ducar

Ducar picked up two more caps, (games played against international competition), in Melbourne on February 28, 1996 and in Bathurst on March 3, 1996.

William End

He died in a fire in his office at Bathurst, killed by a man who he had sentenced to time in jail.


1830 in Australia

23 September - The Bathurst Rebellion begins outside of Bathurst, New South Wales, following the escape of a group of convicts known as the 'Ribbon Gang' under the leadership of convict-servant Ralph Entwistle.

2013 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour

There were 53 starters in the race, the largest field since the Bathurst 12 Hour event shifted to GT orientation in 2011.

Alfredo Costanzo

At the insistence of his long-time open wheel rival turned touring car racer John Bowe, who to this day rates him as the best Australian driver he raced against, Costanzo was drafted into the Volvo Dealer Team in 1986 for the Castrol 500 at Sandown and the James Hardie 1000 at Bathurst.

Allen Bathurst, 9th Earl Bathurst

Born on 11 March 1961 as the eldest son of Henry Bathurst, 8th Earl Bathurst and Judith Mary Nelson, he lives with his wife Sara at Cirencester Park, the Bathurst family seat.

Alston Rivers

The firm originally consisted of the Hon L.J. Bathurst and R.B. Byles and had brought out the novels of Whyte Melville and the Gilbert and Sullivan operas.

In 1904 it was reconstituted, with Bathurst and Archibald Marshall putting up the money and Byles as business manager and partner.

Anglican Diocese of Bathurst

The cathedral building was originally designed by Edmund Blacket in 1845 as a parish church, but became a cathedral in 1870 with the creation of the Diocese of Bathurst.

Anthony James Keck

Elizabeth Legh re-married after the death of Anthony James Keck to William Bathurst Pye-Bennet and inherited the Broad Hinton estate (from the new marriage) and Salthrop estate (from her mother Martha Legh (née Bennet)) as well as the estates belonging to Norborne Family of Bremhill, Wiltshire.

Bathurst Manor

Much of David Bezmozgis's 2004 short story collection Natasha and Other Stories takes place in the general vicinity of the Bathurst Manor in the late 1980s.

Birrguu Matya

Birrguu Matya is marketed as belonging to the cultural history of the Wiradjuri People who are considered the first inhabitants of the Bathurst district and have been living there for at least 40,000 years.

Brigidine Sisters

From there branches quickly spread to the dioceses of Sydney, Bathurst, Canberra-Goulburn, Perth and Brisbane as well as to the Archdiocese of Wellington, New Zealand, in 1898.

C. W. M. Hart

Charles William Merton Hart (1905–1976) was a social anthropologist and sociologist best known for his study of the Tiwi people of the Bathurst and Melville Islands (or Tiwi Islands) in north Australia during the 1920s.

Christopher Augustine Reynolds

The principal consecrator was Archbishop John Bede Polding of Sydney, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop Daniel Murphy of Hobart, Bishop Matthew Quinn of Bathurst, and Bishop James Murray of Maitland.

Emmanuel Le Borgne

In 1653, along with raiding Pentagouet (Castine, Maine), LaHave, Nova Scotia, and Nipisguit (Bathurst, New Brunswick), Emmanuel Le Borgne with 100 men also raided Saint-Pierre.

Francis Bertie Boyce

Memorials to Boyce were placed in the Sydney and Bathurst cathedrals and his portrait by Julian Ashton was presented to the National Art Gallery of New South Wales in 1917.

Gibson Motorsport

In 2000 the cars were sponsored by K-Mart with Richards winning in Canberra and the pair finishing 3rd at Bathurst.

At Bathurst, the car dominated the first 65 laps before failing with transmission failure.

Glenn Tasker

Tasker has the following educational qualifications: Diploma of Teaching , Mitchell College of Advanced Education (Bathurst), Bachelor of Arts, University of New England and Master of Education, University of Sydney.

HMAS Echuca

On 5 March 1952, Echuca and three other Bathurst class corvettes (HMA Ships Inverell, Kiama, and Stawell) were transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN).

HMAS Horsham

HMAS Horsham (J235/M235), named for the city of Horsham, Victoria, was one of 60 Bathurst class corvettes constructed during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned solely by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

HMAS Inverell

On 5 March 1952, Inverell and three other Bathurst class corvettes (HMA Ships Echuca, Kiama, and Stawell) were transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN).

Holden Torana

This was due to the 'Supercar scare' of 1972, which involved vast political pressure being placed upon Holden, Ford and Chrysler to abandon their proposed specially built 'Bathurst Supercars', such as the XU-2.

Jack Lengyel

On January 12, 2008, seven members of a high school basketball team from Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada and their coach's wife were killed in a highway crash when the 15-seat van they were traveling in collided with a tractor-trailer while returning from a game in Moncton in snowy conditions.

John Goss

John Goss Special, a version of the Ford Falcon built to celebrate his Bathurst win in 1974

John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol

Having assumed the additional name of Bathurst, Felton's grandson, Felton Elwell Hervey-Bathurst (1782–1819), was created a baronet in 1818, and on his death a year later the title descended to his brother, Frederick Anne Hervey-Bathurst (1783–1824).

Paul Toole

Toole's father was a thrice-unsuccessful candidate for state and federal political office, representing the National Party at the 1984 and 1995 state elections for Bathurst and the 1996 federal election, for Calare.

Robbery Under Arms

He them proceeds to arrange for Knightley's wife to go to Bathurst and withdraw some cash, and meet Moran's men by "the Black Stump", outside of Bathurst town.

Shaarei Tzedec

The Markham Street Shul is one of the few remaining synagogues and the last remaining shtiebel of what were once dozens of small congregations in the area around Kensington Market, Spadina Avenue and Bathurst Street - which was a vibrant Jewish area prior to World War II.

Steve Redhead

While currently working in Bathurst in regional New South Wales, Australia, most of his career was spent at Manchester Metropolitan University where he was Co-Director of the Manchester Institute for Popular Culture with Derek Wynne.

Strahan

HMAS Strahan, Bathurst class corvette serving during World War II

Toronto City Council

Patrick's (named for Saint Patrick) – bounded by Yonge, Bathurst, Queen and College Streets (now part of Trinity-Spadina) – St. Patrick's Church is located within this ward

Yampi Sound

The Sound contains many islands of the Buccaneer Archipelago the largest being Koolan Island; others include: Cockatoo Island, Irvine Island, Bathurst Island, Finch Islands, Hidden Island, Baylis Islands and Iron Islands.