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673:"Marrangaroo · New South Wales 2790, Australia"
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751:"Base's phantom war reveals its secrets"
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908:"Chemical experiments in the Eighties"
811:"Chemical experiments in the Eighties"
721:. Bayswater, Victoria: Shannon Books.
484:; however, it is unlikely to proceed.
1244:"Lithgow Shale Oil Plant Closed Down"
1183:"Fresh Discovery of Shale at Lithgow"
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993:"Cleansing our military 'sins'"
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1085:. 27 September 1873. p. 6
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1252:. 17 November 1945. p. 3
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715:Chemical Warfare in Australia
472:Marrangaroo station c. 1950s.
174:57 km (35 mi) E of
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1511:Cooerwull railway footbridge
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1635:Wallerawang railway station
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