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Page 13
... Burnie by a wooden tram and the year Clarke died in Sydney - an octogenarian whose faith in the west was justified at last . " The Philosopher " returned to his farm , sat awhile in the Legislative Council and accepted an illuminated ...
... Burnie by a wooden tram and the year Clarke died in Sydney - an octogenarian whose faith in the west was justified at last . " The Philosopher " returned to his farm , sat awhile in the Legislative Council and accepted an illuminated ...
Page 106
... Burnie to Strahan was six times as dear , per ton - mile , as the freight from Burnie to Sydney . Strahan was the natural west - coast port , but so long as the sand bar clogged its entrance and inflated shipping charges the deeper ...
... Burnie to Strahan was six times as dear , per ton - mile , as the freight from Burnie to Sydney . Strahan was the natural west - coast port , but so long as the sand bar clogged its entrance and inflated shipping charges the deeper ...
Page 108
... 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 , half ...
... 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 , half ...
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