Forster, South Australia

Forster South Australia
Forster
Coordinates	34.73°S 139.56°E / -34.73; 139.56
Population	14 (SAL 2016)[1][2]
Postcode(s)	5238
Location	105 km (65 mi) east of Adelaide
LGA(s)	Mid Murray Council
State 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

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Forster (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016. 
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Forster (SA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
3. "Placename Details: Forster (LOCB)". Location SA Viewer. Government of South Australia. 8 May 2008. SA0024607. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
4. "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.
5. "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.