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... harbour where Strahan stands today just in time to see the Swansea Packet sail behind the headland , bound for Hobart . Gould's men made their way along the shore to the depot , gath- ered supplies , and rowed across the harbour to the ...
... harbour where Strahan stands today just in time to see the Swansea Packet sail behind the headland , bound for Hobart . Gould's men made their way along the shore to the depot , gath- ered supplies , and rowed across the harbour to the ...
Page 106
... harbour and the tide ebbed , the channel became a wild cataract of water , thick with sand swirled from shoals in the harbour . Napier Bell , world - renowned harbour expert , called it " the most furious ebb tide " he had ever seen ...
... harbour and the tide ebbed , the channel became a wild cataract of water , thick with sand swirled from shoals in the harbour . Napier Bell , world - renowned harbour expert , called it " the most furious ebb tide " he had ever seen ...
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... Harbour , the Emu Bay Company would build a railway to Mt. Lyell . In the winter of 1898 there was great activity amongst the four companies which still had visions of building railways to the copper - fields . The Great Western ...
... Harbour , the Emu Bay Company would build a railway to Mt. Lyell . In the winter of 1898 there was great activity amongst the four companies which still had visions of building railways to the copper - fields . The Great Western ...
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