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The town's historic two-storey wooden hotel, established in 1841 and the oldest continuously licensed hotel in
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855:Binginwarri
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700:Devon North
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93:Coordinates
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32:Port Albert
1456:Categories
1262:Tarraville
1252:Tamboritha
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1166:Myrtlebank
1146:Montgomery
1066:Jack River
1061:Hunterston
878:Bushy Park
863:Blackwarry
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131:Population
103:38°39′55″S
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1267:The Heart
1242:Stockdale
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226:Australia
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160:Melbourne
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738:Heyfield
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657:Alberton
493:24 March
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371:See also
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262:Turnbull
222:Victoria
153:Location
37:Victoria
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1282:Toolome
1217:Sargood
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1111:Madalya
1076:Koorool
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569:The Age
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335:fishers
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166:Morwell
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