Granny Smith (disambiguation)

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Granny Smith is a tip-bearing apple cultivar.

Granny Smith may also refer to:

Maria Ann Smith Anglo-Australian orchardist

Maria Ann "Granny" Smith was a British-Australian orchardist responsible for the cultivation of the Granny Smith apple.

Granny Smith Festival

The Granny Smith Festival is an annual festival held in Eastwood, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia. It began in 1985 and is now the largest annual event of its type in Sydney's Northern District, attracting over 80,000 people each year. The festival is held on and around Eastwood Oval on the third Saturday of October to commemorate 19th-century pioneer Maria Ann "Granny" Smith, credited with producing the Granny Smith apple and celebrated for providing the Ryde-Hunters Hill area with prosperity. The festival begins at 9:00 am and concludes at 8:30 pm.

Granny Smith Gold Mine mine in Australia

The Granny Smith Gold Mine is a gold mine 21 kilometres (13 mi) south of Laverton, Western Australia near Mount Weld.

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Donnybrook, Western Australia Town in Western Australia

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Gold Fields company

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The Northern District Times is an Australian local newspaper, serving the communities in parts of the Lower North Shore and lower Hills District areas of Sydney. The readership area stretches from the Parramatta River in suburbs such as Gladesville and Hunters Hill to Beecroft and Cheltenham in north-western Sydney. The paper is circulated to approximately 58,500 people, with a readership of approximately 94,000 people. Most of these people are in the 35–64 age group.

Green Apple may refer to:

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Darlot-Centenary Gold Mine mine

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Lawlers Gold Mine mine in Australia

The Lawlers Gold Mine is a gold mine located 23 km south west of Leinster, Western Australia.

Laverton Gold Mine mine in Australia

The Laverton Gold Mine is a gold mine 9 km east of Laverton, Western Australia. It is currently owned by Crescent Gold Limited and has recommenced mining in August 2009, after having been shut for just over one year. The mine is sometimes also referred to as the Barnicoat Gold Mine, named after its processing facility.

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Granny Smith Airport airport in Australia

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