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1727 town house; raised to 3 full storeys c1822; further alterations and extensions at rear in late C19. For Charles and Frances Bathurst. Front of orange-brown brick in Flemish bond on stone plinth, with timber doorcase and modillion cornice. Brick stacks to slate roof. Iron railings on low stone plinth. 3-storey 5-bay front, the centre bay breaking forward above the doorcase. Stone steps to Doric doorcase of engaged fluted columns and entablature. Windows are sashes, of 18 panes on ground and first floors, 9 panes on second floor, all with flat arches of gauged brick and painted stone sills. Shutters survive on ground floor. Painted bands of 3 raised brick courses at first and second floor levels. At each end of eaves cornice are elaborate rainwater heads bearing the initials CBF with the Bathurst crest, a hand clasping a serpent.

Nissan by jason goulding

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Nissan Altima at the Bathurst 1000, 2014.

Bathurst's Red by Empty Quarter

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We just love our streetcars in Toronto, don't we?

Machattie Park , Bathurst by Lesley A Butler

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Machattie Park was formally opened in December 1890. The park is built on the site of the old Bathurst Gaol, which was demolished in 1888 to make way for the park. .

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Machattie Park is an historically significant example of a late 19th century Victorian country town park. It exhibits the principal elements typical of the Victorian period in terms of the form and layout and is particularly valuable because of the quality of the decorative features. Features include the Bandstand, the Caretakers Cottage, Crago Fountain, Fernery, Lake Spencer and the Munro Drinking Fountain..

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Additionally, the park has a valuable collection of mature and majestic trees that are used either informally or formally as avenue plantings. Most of these trees are not natives of Australia. Particularly important are the avenues of Huntington Elms bordering the park as well as a unique layered elm hedge. Some of the fine specimens of exotic trees include, Bunya Pine, Atlas Cedar, Deodar Cedar, Red Beech, English Oak, Pin Oak, Wellingtonia, Chinese Elm and Silver Elm. Together, they contrive to make it one of the prize examples of a Victorian Park within New South Wales..

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Apart from the park's individual importance, it is also essential to recognise it as one of the components of the Bathurst Central Conservation Area which, in preserving the oldest settlement west of the Blue Mountains, as a major importance to the heritage of Australia. Bathurst NSW

Bathurst Pole Position by Mertie .

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My Toyota Camry on Pole position at the Mount Panorama (Bathurst) track. (The track is a 'normal' road when not being used for motor racing

Transporter by jason goulding

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Jonathon Webb's race hauler in the pits at Bathurst 2011.

Bathurst Bullet by James Hansen

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The first afternoon Bathurst bullet twists through the curves on the approach to Mount Victoria

Bathurst_29 by Mike

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bathurst national motor racing museum

Bathurst_36 by Mike

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bathurst national motor racing museum

0S1A4135 by Steve Daggar

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Bathurst 12 hr 2015

Charles Bathurst by Archives New Zealand

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Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe, was a British Conservative politician and colonial governor. He was Governor-General of New Zealand from 1930 to 1935. His tenure as Governor General ran from 19 March 1930 to 15 March 1935. He was born in London and studied at Eaton College before completing a BA in Law at University College, Oxford. Bathurst worked as a barrister and conveyancer and in 1910 entered parliament representing the Conservative Party as MP for the South or Wilton division of Wiltshire. After serving as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food, Bathurst was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in 1917, and raised to the peerage as Baron Bledisloe, of Lydney in the County of Gloucester. He remained in parliament until 1928, serving as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries from 1924 onwards, and was a member of the Privy Council from 1926.

After leaving parliament, Lord Bledisloe was created a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George and appointed the fourth Governor-General of New Zealand. His social conscience was much appreciated during the Depression era, as was his insistence that his salary should be cut as were the salaries of public servants at the time. Bledisloe also contributed to improved Pākehā – Māori relations, purchasing the site where the Treaty of Waitangi was signed and presenting it to the nation as a memorial. In 1934, the site was dedicated as a national reserve. The dedication ceremony attracted thousands of people, both Māori and Pākehā. Bledisloe continued to take an interest in the site even after his term expired and he returned to England. Bledisloe also contributed to the recognition of the Māori King Movement by developing a friendship with King Koroki and Te Puea Herangi, and his willingness to use the title "king" without reticence.

Bledisloe also promoted various causes and events by the presentation of trophies, the most famous of these being the Bledisloe Cup, the trophy for an ongoing rugby union competition between New Zealand and Australia, first awarded in 1931, and currently contested annually.

This image is of Lord Bledisloe as he leaves New Zealand following his tenure as Governor-General. On the right hand side of the picture, New Zealand politician and future Prime Minister Walter Nash can be seen. The image is from the papers of Sir Walter Nash. He was Prime Minister of New Zealand from December 1957 to December 1960. Other images from the Nash papers have been digitised and are available to view in an online exhibition archives.govt.nz/events/walters-world-nash-collection

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0S1A5829enthuse by Steve Daggar

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Bathurst 2014

Iveco, Elgas, Bathurst by Mike Cornwall

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Bathurst Oct 2010

Bathurst 1000 - 2012-7.jpg by Graham Ezzy

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Craig Lowndes - locks up the rears into the first turn - final practice session, Saturday morning.