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The town of Hawker was proclaimed on 1 July 1880 and its sale occasioned very spirited bidding particularly for 'blocks near the railway station favourably placed for hotels and shops': The supreme site was the large corner (Lot 470) on which the Royal Hotel (now Hawker Hotel) was erected later, and
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340:Cradock
336:Kanyaka
331:Kanyaka
324:Worumba
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1574:(part)
1558:(part)
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1019:5.6
1016:7.2
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1010:7.2
1007:5.5
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1001:2.6
998:2.7
995:2.7
980:22.0
975:23.0
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965:27.6
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955:33.9
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940:19.4
935:16.7
930:21.0
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896:−0.2
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886:−2.8
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786:18.0
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761:29.3
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751:21.7
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741:15.9
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