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1294:Tallangatta
1163:Mount Rouse
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861:Bannockburn
802:Shires and
787:Warrnambool
698:Maryborough
639:Castlemaine
364:Population
340:Paynesville
314:Eagle Point
300:West Riding
297:East Riding
190:Bass Strait
117:Wonnangatta
65:Established
1464:Bairnsdale
1453:Categories
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1391:Wycheproof
1375:Winchelsea
1339:Wangaratta
1264:Shepparton
1253:Rutherglen
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1037:Heytesbury
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846:Bairnsdale
782:Wangaratta
757:Shepparton
751:Sebastopol
723:Port Fairy
633:Camperdown
613:Bairnsdale
448:References
354:Population
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85:Bairnsdale
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618:Ballaarat
532:5 January
489:Brunswick
471:0067-1223
224:Australia
216:Melbourne
1426:147°37′E
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937:Chiltern
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856:Ballarat
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592:Victoria
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220:Victoria
184:Rosedale
179:Rosedale
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1380:Wodonga
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1258:Seymour
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238:History
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210:was a
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104:County
92:Region
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1228:Ripon
1213:Oxley
1208:Otway
1107:Lowan
1097:Leigh
1002:Euroa
957:Corio
952:Colac
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644:Colac
517:(PDF)
361:Year
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289:Wards
172:Tambo
113:Dargo
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836:Avon
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147:Avon
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