Forster, South Australia

Locality in South Australia

34°44′S 139°34′E / 34.73°S 139.56°E / -34.73; 139.56Population14 (SAL 2016)^[1]^[2]Postcode(s)5238Location105 km (65 mi) east of AdelaideLGA(s)Mid Murray CouncilState electorate(s)Chaffey Federal division(s)Barker

Localities around Forster:
Wongulla
	Forster	Nildottie
Walker Flat

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]

References

^ 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.