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Champion Bay is a coastal feature north of Geraldton, Western Australia, facing the port and city between Point Moore and Bluff Point.
The City of Greater Geraldton is a local government area in the Mid West region of Western Australia, 424 kilometres (263 mi) north of the state capital, Perth on the Indian Ocean. It covers an area of 12,625.5 square kilometres (4,874.7 sq mi), and its seat of government is the town of Geraldton.
White Peak Station, also known as White Peak Homestead, is a property situated in the Shire of Chapman Valley approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) north north east of Geraldton in the Mid West region of Western Australia. The White Peak Homestead was one of the five original pastoral leases established in the region. It was settled by John Drummond, a pioneer pastoralist. The homestead and surroundings retain the homestead building, which is notable for its large scale and grand detailing in comparison with other farmhouses in the region. Outbuildings including stone stables, tack room, shearing shed, machinery sheds are still in place, although some original stone walls have been demolished.
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- ↑ "Total Annual Discharge report: Site 701006 Buller River". Water Resources Data - Streamflow Sites. Government of Western Australia Department of Water. 20 July 2012. Archived from the original on 7 April 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
- ↑ "Site Summary Report: Site 701006 Buller River". Water Resources Data - Streamflow Sites. Government of Western Australia Department of Water. 20 July 2012. Archived from the original on 7 April 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
- ↑ Grey, George (1841). Journals of two expeditions of discovery in North-West and Western Australia, during the years 1837, 38, and 39, describing many newly discovered, important, and fertile districts, with observations on the moral and physical condition of the aboriginal inhabitants, etc. etc. 2. London: T. and W. Boone. p. 26. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
- ↑ "Latest English News: New Colony". The Sydney Herald. 30 October 1834. p. 1. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
- ↑ "The Inquirer". 24 January 1844. p. 2. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
- ↑ Temple, Philip (2002). A Sort of Conscience: The Wakefields. Auckland: Auckland University Press. p. 386. ISBN 978-1869403072 . Retrieved 11 April 2012.
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