Bannister, New South Wales

Bannister is a locality in the Upper Lachlan Shire, New South Wales, Australia. It lies about 20 km south of Crookwell and 90 km northeast of Canberra. At the, it had a population of 120.

Bannister was named after Saxe Bannister, first Attorney General of New South Wales. It had a state school from 1878 to 1968. This was described at different times as a "public school", a "half-time school" or a "provisional school". Prior to May 1915, it was called Gullen Flat Public School.