Bathurst

American  

[bath-erst] / ˈbæθ ərst /

noun

1. a town in eastern New South Wales, in southeast Australia.

2. a port on the Gulf of St. Lawrence in northeastern New Brunswick, in southeast Canada: summer resort.

3. former name of Banjul.

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Bathurst British  

/ ˈbæθəst /

noun

1. a town in SE Australia, in E New South Wales: scene of a gold rush in 1851. Pop: 27 036 (2001)

2. a port in E Canada, in NE New Brunswick: rich mineral resources. Pop: 16 427 (2001)

3. the former name (until 1973) of Banjul

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Bathurst

More than 100,000 contraband cockroaches were found in a raid on a commercial breeder in the town of Bathurst, west of Sydney, Australia's environment department said on Friday.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

The transaction would double Deutsche Boerse’s funds-services division—which represent 10% of its top line—and boost its earnings growth profile, while increasing its exposure to recurring buy-side revenues, analyst Ben Bathurst writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

Scottish playwright David Harrower, known for the play Blackbird, is the lead writer and Otto Bathurst, who won a Bafta for BBC period crime drama Peaky Blinders, is lead director.

From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2024

The Mustang will be eligible to race on six continents next season, from Bathurst to Le Mans and Daytona to Silverstone.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 1, 2023

They have in particular, the greatest satisfaction in presenting to the public the two following letters, addressed to the present Sir George Prevost, by Sir Herbert Taylor, and by Earl Bathurst.

From Some Account of the Public Life of the Late Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost, Bart. Particularly of his Services in the Canadas, including a reply to the strictures on his Military Character, Contained in an Article in The Quareterly Review by E. B. Brenton