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292:(LDC) planning to turn Bagot into a normal suburb, embedded in Ludmilla. However Bagot Community Council said it would fight any attempts to hand over control to the LDC. For many years, the Larrakia were the predominant group at Bagot, but as of 2012, according to a paper by
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The Bagot Clinic, a primary health care unit, is on Bagot Road.
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575:. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. RN Books and Arts
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