North Bannister, Western Australia Explained

Type:town
North Bannister
State:wa
Lga:Shire of Wandering
Local Map:yes
Zoom:10
Coordinates:-32.538°N 116.478°W
Pushpin Label Position:right
Postcode:6390
Elevation:337
Stategov:Wagin
Fedgov:O'Connor
Dist1:94
Dir1:SSE
Location1:Perth
Dist2:24
Dir2:N
Location2:Boddington
Dist3:39
Dir3:ENE
Location3:Dwellingup

North Bannister is a locality in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, 94km (58miles) south-southeast of the state capital, Perth along Albany Highway between Armadale and Williams.

The locality's name honours Thomas Bannister who discovered the nearby Bannister River, a tributary of the Hotham River, in 1830 while leading the first overland expedition from Perth to King George Sound (now Albany). The name was applied to the river in 1832 by surveyor-general John Septimus Roe.