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Council get-together sparks electric memories
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1598:Strathfield
1548:Ku-ring-gai
1434:North Shore
1374:, Australia
974:Wolli Creek
860:Wolli Creek
840:Sandringham
761:Kogarah Bay
597:Simeon Lord
589:Cooks River
577:First Fleet
482:First Fleet
445:Cooks River
434:Wolli Creek
430:M5 Motorway
38: /
1651:Categories
1618:Willoughby
1603:Sutherland
1578:Parramatta
1543:Inner West
1523:Hawkesbury
1508:Cumberland
1503:Canada Bay
1414:Inner West
1325:12 October
1130:12 October
1103:References
991:Population
930:Hurstville
845:Sans Souci
751:Kingsgrove
741:Hurstville
731:Carss Park
716:Blakehurst
653:, and the
606:Hurstville
571:. Captain
565:Botany Bay
554:James Cook
548:Hurstville
494:Botany Bay
461:Sydney CBD
426:Botany Bay
420:which was
288:Population
177:Canterbury
161:Inner West
154:Hawkesbury
108:Parramatta
44: (
1623:Woollahra
1558:Liverpool
1553:Lane Cove
1528:The Hills
1513:Fairfield
1483:Blacktown
1467:of Sydney
1449:St George
1419:Macarthur
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1098:newspaper
956:Transport
830:Riverwood
815:Penshurst
805:Peakhurst
676:Arncliffe
569:Australia
560:Endeavour
527:Town Hall
406:Australia
387:St George
250:Macarthur
243:St George
179:Bankstown
117:Blacktown
64:St George
46:St George
1613:Waverley
1588:Randwick
1319:Archived
1294:3 August
1222:10 March
1216:Archived
1164:Archived
1124:Archived
938:Rockdale
916:and the
855:Turrella
835:Rockdale
820:Ramsgate
790:Mortdale
785:Monterey
775:Kyle Bay
766:Kyeemagh
620:St James
575:led the
525:Rockdale
506:Bidjigal
496:and the
345:Rockdale
335:Maroubra
206:District
195:Northern
168:Northern
100:District
25:151°06′E
1583:Penrith
1533:Hornsby
1488:Burwood
1478:Bayside
948:called
934:Kogarah
899:Kogarah
780:Lugarno
756:Kogarah
726:Carlton
681:Banksia
671:Allawah
556:sailed
536:Kogarah
512:clans.
510:Cadigal
502:Gweagal
484:, the
467:History
330:Kogarah
325:Heffron
309:Bayside
291:285,214
278:Airport
197:Beaches
145:Western
143:Greater
135:Berowra
126:Penrith
91:Suburbs
89:Eastern
71:,
22:33°57′S
1563:Mosman
1493:Camden
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800:Oatley
795:Narwee
696:Bexley
398:Sydney
366:Barton
340:Oatley
297:LGA(s)
257:Sydney
230:Botany
215:Sydney
204:Forest
170:Sydney
147:Sydney
69:Sydney
1065:Team)
563:into
361:Banks
269:Beach
267:Bondi
188:Shore
186:North
98:Hills
1593:Ryde
1327:2021
1296:2013
1265:ISBN
1246:ISBN
1224:2023
1132:2021
983:and
968:and
936:and
591:and
558:HMS
508:and
486:Eora
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385:The
371:Cook
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1060:NRL
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