Forster is a locality in the
Murraylands region of
South Australia
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. It lies on the inside of a bend on the east/left bank of the
Murray River
The Murray River (in South Australia: River Murray; Ngarrindjeri language, Ngarrindjeri: ''Millewa'', Yorta Yorta language, Yorta Yorta: ''Dhungala'' or ''Tongala'') is a river in Southeastern Australia. It is List of rivers of Australia, Aust ...
north of
Walker Flat.
Forster previously had a
Methodist Church
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in the locality. Reverend
Clem Hawke (later father of Prime Minister
Bob Hawke) was Methodist home missionary there in 1919. It also had a
Lutheran Church
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. The original church building built in 1904 was burnt down in 1920 and replaced in 1921.
References
Towns in South Australia
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