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Page 67
... Geraldton - Greenough ( Government ) line at Walkaway . The concessionaire was in return ( as in the case of the West Australian Land Company and the Great Southern Railway ) to receive 12,000 acres of land per mile of line constructed ...
... Geraldton - Greenough ( Government ) line at Walkaway . The concessionaire was in return ( as in the case of the West Australian Land Company and the Great Southern Railway ) to receive 12,000 acres of land per mile of line constructed ...
Page 73
... Geraldton , which promising port , with its population of 1,000 , we did not , however , reach by this method , the weather proving sufficiently fine to allow of our putting in at Dongara , 41 miles south of Geraldton , where we availed ...
... Geraldton , which promising port , with its population of 1,000 , we did not , however , reach by this method , the weather proving sufficiently fine to allow of our putting in at Dongara , 41 miles south of Geraldton , where we availed ...
Page 135
... Geraldton , and extending along the coast just behind the sea - coast in the direction of Dongara for about 25 miles , vary in width , say , from three - quarters of a mile wide to two miles ; the Back Flats run parallel with the Front ...
... Geraldton , and extending along the coast just behind the sea - coast in the direction of Dongara for about 25 miles , vary in width , say , from three - quarters of a mile wide to two miles ; the Back Flats run parallel with the Front ...
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