| Forster South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Forster | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 34°44′S 139°34′E / 34.73°S 139.56°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 14 (SAL 2016)[1][2] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5238 | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 105 km (65 mi) east of Adelaide | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Mid Murray Council | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Chaffey | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Barker | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | [3] | ||||||||||||||
Forster is a locality in the Murraylands region of South Australia. It lies on the inside of a bend on the east/left bank of the Murray River north of Walker Flat.
Forster previously had a Methodist Church in the locality. Reverend Clem Hawke (later father of Prime Minister Bob Hawke) was Methodist home missionary there in 1919.[4] It also had a Lutheran Church. The original church building built in 1904 was burnt down in 1920 and replaced in 1921.[5]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Forster (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Forster (SA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Placename Details: Forster (LOCB)". Location SA Viewer. Government of South Australia. 8 May 2008. SA0024607. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ^ "Bob Hawke mourns his father's death". The Canberra Times. Vol. 64, no. 19, 980. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 24 December 1989. p. 3. Retrieved 23 September 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "A RESTORED LUTHERAN CHURCH". The Register (Adelaide). Vol. LXXXVI, no. 25, 263. South Australia. 30 May 1921. p. 9. Retrieved 24 September 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
