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927:Kings Cross
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865:Bondi Beach
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470:Watsons Bay
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398:arrived in
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368:Watsons Bay
358:. It meets
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275:Location(s)
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103:Coordinates
1714:Categories
1524:Bondi Road
1504:Appian Way
1383:Hay Street
1136:therewith.
1013:References
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148:33°50′41″S
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205:July 1933
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1192:1 August
1162:Archived
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292:Vaucluse
288:Rose Bay
201:Gazetted
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