Bathurst is a regional
services centre, the home of one of the campuses
of Charles Sturt University, and a tourism centre.
It is a cathedral city, being the seat for the
Anglican and Roman Catholic bishops of Bathurst.
Bathurst is best known for the Mount Panorama
motor racing circuit, venue for the Bathurst 12
Hour motor race each February and the Bathurst
1000 motor race each October. It is also the home
of wartime Labor Prime Minister Ben Chifley, who
represented the area in the Federal Parliament
and is buried in Bathurst.
Bathurst is unique in that it has a collection
of house museums representing different periods
of its history from first settlement to the 1970s.
The house museums include Old Government Cottage,
Abercrombie House, Miss Traill's House and Chifley
Home.
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