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Page 108
... port of Burnie , a small town on Emu Bay . The nearest port to Melbourne and the nearest deep - water port to the west coast , Burnie had a third advantage in the forty- eight miles of railway which ran to the tin mine at Mt. Bischoff ...
... port of Burnie , a small town on Emu Bay . The nearest port to Melbourne and the nearest deep - water port to the west coast , Burnie had a third advantage in the forty- eight miles of railway which ran to the tin mine at Mt. Bischoff ...
Page 122
... port was built on the grand scale . Visitors to Kelly Basin , * who saw from down the bay the smoke - ringed hills where the charcoal - burners worked , and the straggling settlement of huts , stores , hotels , Waxman's Hall , Catholic ...
... port was built on the grand scale . Visitors to Kelly Basin , * who saw from down the bay the smoke - ringed hills where the charcoal - burners worked , and the straggling settlement of huts , stores , hotels , Waxman's Hall , Catholic ...
Page 308
... Port Adelaide , chemical works , 174-5 Port Davey , 1 , 4 , 14 , 73 , 84 , 106 , 170 Port Kembla , 259-61 , 281 , coke works , 131 , 173 , 258 Powell , Colonel , 34 , 41 Power , F. Danvers , 182 Powers , Mr Justice , 249-51 Primrose ...
... Port Adelaide , chemical works , 174-5 Port Davey , 1 , 4 , 14 , 73 , 84 , 106 , 170 Port Kembla , 259-61 , 281 , coke works , 131 , 173 , 258 Powell , Colonel , 34 , 41 Power , F. Danvers , 182 Powers , Mr Justice , 249-51 Primrose ...
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