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... square miles of pastoral country occupied and 27,500 square miles of it stocked . About 30,000 square miles were surrendered because of cattle tick . Ten thousand cattle were shipped to Singapore . High floods that year drowned the work ...
... square miles of pastoral country occupied and 27,500 square miles of it stocked . About 30,000 square miles were surrendered because of cattle tick . Ten thousand cattle were shipped to Singapore . High floods that year drowned the work ...
Page 415
... square miles of the Territory as good agri- cultural land , ten thousand square miles as rich mineral belt , and a hundred and fifty - eight thousand square miles as good grazing country . Larry Wells , who completed the trig survey ...
... square miles of the Territory as good agri- cultural land , ten thousand square miles as rich mineral belt , and a hundred and fifty - eight thousand square miles as good grazing country . Larry Wells , who completed the trig survey ...
Page 432
... square , the judge stood in a bough shed , Spectre , Splinter , Bee's Wing and Batty thundered past a post and a good time was had by all . They would christen it the Union Billabong — so names went down on the map - and make a ...
... square , the judge stood in a bough shed , Spectre , Splinter , Bee's Wing and Batty thundered past a post and a good time was had by all . They would christen it the Union Billabong — so names went down on the map - and make a ...
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Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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