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people – held ceremonies, bartered goods and settled disputes. There are conflicting reports about the number of
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Noorat has a local football team, the Kolora-Noorat Power, who merged in 2002 from the Noorat
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The post office opened on 1 August 1874 as Mount Noorat, and was renamed Noorat in 1875.
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81:Coordinates
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658:Carpendeit
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480:Camperdown
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377:8 January
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216:Victoria
192:Polwarth
141:Location
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882:Pittong
810:Koallah
679:Cobrico
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