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Bathurst 1000 Winners
Bathurst may refer to: People * Bathurst (surname) * Bathurst Bellers Mann (1858–1948), Irish-born rugby union player in Wales * Bathurst Peachy (1893–1953), American college head baseball coach Places and jurisdictions Australia * Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, a city ** Bathurst Region, the local government area for the Bathurst urban area and rural surrounds ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Bathurst in Australia ** Anglican Diocese of Bathurst ** Electoral district of Bathurst, a state legislative assembly district ** Electoral district of Bathurst (County), a former electoral district ** Bathurst County * Lake Bathurst (New South Wales) * Bathurst Bay, Queensland * Bathurst Harbour, Tasmania * Bathurst Island (Northern Territory) * Bathurst Lighthouse, Rottnest Island Canada * Bathurst District, a historic district in Upper Canada, also a county within the district New Brunswick * Bathurst, New Brunswick * Bathurst Parish, New Brunswick * Bathurst (electo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bathurst (surname)
Bathurst () is a surname of Old English origin. It is a locational surname, referring to those from Bathurst manor, near Battle Abbey, Sussex. Notable people with this name include: * Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst (1684–1775), politician * Allen Bathurst, 6th Earl Bathurst (1832–1892) * Allen Bathurst, 9th Earl Bathurst (born 1961) * Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley (1895–1942), British Army officer * Benjamin Bathurst (other), many people * Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe, (1867–1958) agriculturist and politician * Charles Bathurst (1754–1831), better known as Charles Bragge Bathurst, a British politician * Christopher Bathurst, 3rd Viscount Bledisloe (1934–2009) * Earl Bathurst * Elizabeth Bathurst (1655–1685), English Quaker preacher and theologian * Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst (1714–1794), lord chancellor * Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762–1834), secretary for war & colonies * Henry Bathurst, 4th Earl Bathurst (1790–1866), MP * He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bathurst Parish, New Brunswick
Bathurst is a geographic parish in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes, the parish is divided between the city of Bathurst, the town of Belle-Baie, and the Chaleur rural district, as well as the Pabineau 11 Indian reserve; the city, town, and village are all part of the Chaleur Regional Service Commission. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between Bathurst, the town of Beresford, the Indian reserve, and six local service districts: Allardville, Big River, Dunlop, New Bandon-Salmon Beach, North Tetagouche, and the parish of Bathurst; In the 2023 reform, Bathurst annexed most of North Tetagouche, the northern part of Big River, a part of New Bandon-Salmon Beach along Currie Street, and parts of the LSD of the parish of Bathurst including the communities of Chamberlain Settlement, Gloucester Junction, and Sainte-Anne; Beresford became part of Belle-Baie, annexing Dunlop and small parts of the parish LSD; Allardville ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bathurst High School (New Brunswick)
Bathurst High School is an English-language secondary school located in Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada. School crest The school crest is a black shield with red edging bearing the school's initials ("BHS") stylised across the central face of the shield, written in red, with a white line that follows the top contour above the initials, and a red maple leaf below the initials, bearing the Latin motto Pari Passu in white in a scroll-like space, in the base of the shield, and included within the unbroken red edging that marks the perimeter of the crest. The shield appears to get larger about halfway down, and the expansion is occupied by large, tapering red lines that occupy the expanded space. School mascot The school mascot is The Phantom. Varsity sports teams are called the "Phantoms" or the "BHS Phantoms", and the typical image of the mascot is of a hooded person or ghost, usually faceless, bearing resemblance to the iconic "Grim Reaper" image, carrying a scythe. The origins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bathurst High School (New South Wales)
The Bathurst High Campus (abbreviated as BHC or BHS) of Denison College of Secondary Education is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school campus, located in Bathurst, in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1883 as Bathurst High School, the school amalgamated with Kelso High School in 2007 to form Denison College of Secondary Education. In 2018 Bathurst High Campus enrolled approximately 1,200 students from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom approximately eleven percent identified as Indigenous Australians and six percent were from a language background other than English. The campus is operated by the NSW Department of Education; and the Campus Principal is Ken Barwick. The campus has several bands and a range of art, visual design, dance and drama classes, and debating teams. Denison College of Secondary Education After the August 2005 fire which destroyed Kelso High, Denison College was formed to share curricul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heathrow Timeline
This is an event timeline and minor geographical information about Heathrow hamlet. Founding and early history A sizeable Neolithic settlement is believed to have been in the Heathrow area. Many artefacts have been found in the gravel around what is now the airport, and the Colne Valley. Waste pits filled with struck flint, arrowheads and fragments of pottery were also found in the area, indicating a settlement, though none other remains of such a settlement. Until about 1930, there was only one building (part of Bath Road Farm) on the north side of Bath Road between The Magpies (an area around and opposite the north exit of the recent Heathrow Road), and Longford; other buildings were built afterwards there before World War II, including three factories (Technicolor and Penguin Books and Black+Decker). By 1944, there were no buildings on the south side of Bath Road between The Magpies and Longford. Heathrow was away from main roads and further away from railways; that kept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bathurst, Eastern Cape
Bathurst is about inland from Port Alfred, on the R67 road, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, and is named after Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst, Secretary of State for the Colonies by Sir Rufane Donkin. Its chief claim to fame is that it was the early administrative centre established by the British Government for the 1820 British Settlers who were sent to the district as a buffer between the Cape Colony and the Xhosa pastoralists who were migrating southwards and westwards along the coast. Bathurst is now part of the Ndlambe Local Municipality in the Sarah Baartman District Municipality of the Eastern Cape. Overview Many of the original settler houses and other buildings have been preserved, and there remains much of the look and feel of an English village of the early 19th century. The ''Pig and Whistle Inn'', at the heart of the village, is reputedly the oldest extant pub in the country, built in 1821 by Thomas Hartley, a blacksmith who came from Nott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bathurst, Sierra Leone
Bathurst is a mountainous village in the Western Area Rural District of Sierra Leone. Bathurst seats at 541 feet above sea level, and lies approximately six miles west of Freetown. The major industry in Bathurst village is farming, small scale coal mining and animal husbandry. The Creole people are the largest and principal inhabitants of Bathurst village. History Bathurst was founded in 1817 provide accommodation for recaptives, liberated enslaved Africans, who had been brought to Freetown by the British Royal Navy West Africa Squadron. It was originally called Leopold, in honour of Leopold I of Belgium, who was at the time husband to Princess Charlotte of Wales Princess Charlotte of Wales may refer to: * Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796–1817) (Charlotte Augusta), the only child of George, Prince of Wales, later King George IV of the United Kingdom ** ''Princess Charlotte of Wales'' (ship), an East In .... Charlotte was established at the same time nearby, named after h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banjul
Banjul (, (US) and ), officially the City of Banjul, is the capital city of The Gambia. It is the centre of the eponymous administrative division which is home to an estimated 400,000 residents, making it The Gambia's largest and most densely populated metropolitan area. The city Banjul is located on St Mary's Island (Banjul Island), where the Gambia River enters the Atlantic Ocean. The population of the city proper is 31,301, with the Greater Banjul Area, which includes the City of Banjul and the Kanifing Municipal Council, at a population of 413,397 (2013 census). The island is connected to the mainland to the west and the rest of Greater Banjul Area via bridges. There are also ferries linking Banjul to the mainland at the other side of the river. From the 19th century until 24 April 1973, the city was known as Bathurst. Etymology There are several etymologies for 'Banjul.' One traditional history recounts that Bandjougou, son of Barafin, came to the island after fleeing t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bathurst Island (Nunavut)
Bathurst Island is one of the Queen Elizabeth Islands in Nunavut, Canada. It is a member of the Arctic Archipelago. An uninhabited island, the area is estimated at , long and from to to wide, making it Canada's 13th largest island. It is located between Devon Island and Cornwallis Island in the east, and Melville Island in the west. Four small islands of Cameron, Vanier, Massey and Alexander lie in its northwest. The island is low-lying with few parts higher than in elevation. The highest point is at Stokes Mountain in the Stokes Range. This in turn forms part of the Arctic Cordillera mountain system. Good soil conditions produce abundant vegetation and support a more prolific wildlife population than other Arctic islands. The island contains both the International Biological Program site Polar Bear Pass and Qausuittuq National Park. History The island was first inhabited by Independence I culture peoples around 2000 BC. They were followed by Independence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bathurst Inlet
Bathurst Inlet, officially Kiluhiqtuq, is a deep inlet located along the northern coast of the Canadian mainland, at the east end of Coronation Gulf, into which the Burnside and Western rivers empty. The name, or its native equivalent ''Kingoak'' (''Qingaut'', ''nose mountain''), is also used to identify the community of Bathurst Inlet located on the shore. Melville Sound opens into the eastern side of the inlet at Cape Croker, west of the Hurd Islands. Plans for a deep-water port A consortium of seven mining companies sponsored environmental impact studies to construct a deep-water port in Bathurst Inlet. Their plans included building a road connecting the port to their mines. The port would serve vessels of up to 25,000 tonnes. A plan referred to the Nunavut Impact Review Board in May 2004 projected a capacity to moor vessels of up to 50,000 tonnes. In this earlier plan the Bathurst Inlet Road would be an ice road, like that from Yellowknife Yellowknife is t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Bathurst
Cape Bathurst (Inuit: ''Awaq'') is a cape and a peninsula located on the northern coast of the Northwest Territories in Canada. Cape Bathurst is the northernmost point of mainland Northwest Territories and one of the few peninsulas in mainland North America protruding above the 70th parallel north. The first European to see the area was John Richardson, who also named it, in 1826. Some coast areas of Cape Bathurst are being eroded at a rate of a year. Baillie Island is located just off the coast of Cape Bathurst, separated from the peninsula by a shallow strait. A notable nearby formation is Smoking Hills, a group of hills exhibiting continuous burning of oil shale deposits. A rare endemic plant known as hairy rockcress or hairy braya (''Braya pilosa'', genus Braya of family Brassicaceae) is known to grow in five locations on Cape Bathurst as well as the nearby Baillie Islands. The plant is listed by the Northwest Territories Species at Risk Committee as threatened and by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
