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The Advocate is a local newspaper of North-West and Western Tasmania, Australia. It was formerly published under the names The Wellington Times, The Emu Bay Times, and The North Western Advocate and The Emu Bay Times.
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Regatta Point is the location of a port and rail terminus on Macquarie Harbour.
Frenchmans Cap is a mountain in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia. The mountain is situated in the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park.
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Hillcrest is a residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of Burnie in the North-west and west LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south-west of the town of Burnie. The 2016 census recorded a population of 1042 for the state suburb of Hillcrest. It is a suburb of Burnie in north-west Tasmania.
Montello is a suburb of the city of Burnie in North West Tasmania. It is about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south-west of the centre of Burnie, and recorded a population of 1217 in the 2016 census.
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References
- ↑ Gee, R. D; Tasmania. Department of Mines (1963), Structure and petrology of the Raglan Range, L.G. Shea, Government Printer, retrieved 23 February 2015
- ↑ "Raglan Ranges". The Advocate . Burnie, Tas. 15 May 1929. p. 4. Retrieved 23 February 2015– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Prospectors' Find". The Advocate (DAILY ed.). Burnie, Tas. 5 April 1930. p. 8. Retrieved 23 February 2015– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ page 202 – W.A. Tully – as well as the Collingwood valley Binks, C. J (2006), Hills of the west wind : reflections on the Tasmanian landscape, Barrallier Books, ISBN 978-0-9585838-7-9
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