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... town , is the want of common - sewers , to carry off the water and other impurities . It is true the chief part of the town stands upon a height , and that there is a declivity to the sea on either side . But some of the principal ...
... town , is the want of common - sewers , to carry off the water and other impurities . It is true the chief part of the town stands upon a height , and that there is a declivity to the sea on either side . But some of the principal ...
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... TOWN In the mid - 1840s the inhabitants of Tasmania were concentrated in the narrow belt of country that lay between the Derwent and the Tamar rivers . The greater number lived in Hobart Town and the surrounding countryside ; Launceston ...
... TOWN In the mid - 1840s the inhabitants of Tasmania were concentrated in the narrow belt of country that lay between the Derwent and the Tamar rivers . The greater number lived in Hobart Town and the surrounding countryside ; Launceston ...
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... town , and the commissariat buildings , are all large and adapted to the purposes for which they have been erected . The wharfs are close to the town , and in their vicinity is anchorage for almost any number of vessels of the largest ...
... town , and the commissariat buildings , are all large and adapted to the purposes for which they have been erected . The wharfs are close to the town , and in their vicinity is anchorage for almost any number of vessels of the largest ...
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