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At nightfall on 24 March , having spent twentyfive days travelling little more than
fifteen miles , they had reached the harbour where Strahan stands today just in
time to see the Swansea Packet sail behind the headland , bound for Hobart .
At nightfall on 24 March , having spent twentyfive days travelling little more than
fifteen miles , they had reached the harbour where Strahan stands today just in
time to see the Swansea Packet sail behind the headland , bound for Hobart .
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Ships entering Macquarie Harbour had to cross a long sand bar , deposited in
countless storms by breakers rolling in from the southwest . At low tide this bar lay
less than nine feet under water , and at high tide the water was barely two feet ...
Ships entering Macquarie Harbour had to cross a long sand bar , deposited in
countless storms by breakers rolling in from the southwest . At low tide this bar lay
less than nine feet under water , and at high tide the water was barely two feet ...
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15 Pieman Middleton's Ck . ROAD TO WARATAN -- Whyte R. 30 miles River
Track to Trial Harbour Stanley R Packintosh R · Henty River Meredith's Track 5 5
Mt. Donaldson JO Pieman Scale of Miles Heads CORINNA Mt.Livingstone
Parson's ...
15 Pieman Middleton's Ck . ROAD TO WARATAN -- Whyte R. 30 miles River
Track to Trial Harbour Stanley R Packintosh R · Henty River Meredith's Track 5 5
Mt. Donaldson JO Pieman Scale of Miles Heads CORINNA Mt.Livingstone
Parson's ...
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