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was built on the point. It is a timber with metal cladding construction, like many lighthouses in
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1434:Slade Point
1428:Broad Sound
1376:Bustard Bay
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1182:Point Hicks
927:, page 227.
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788:In 1884, a
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124:Noosa Heads
97:Fiddle Head
1671:Categories
1619:Bird Isles
1546:Green Isle
1493:Palm Isles
1395:Keppel Bay
1365:Hervey Bay
1359:Sandy Cape
1308:Queensland
1293:Cape Byron
1282:Smoky Cape
1270:Cape Hawke
1254:Broken Bay
1242:Botany Bay
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1236:Red Point
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831:Wolf Rock
675:dew point
103:Geography
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53:Australia
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972:Archived
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712:(52.0)
707:(54.5)
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571:1,342.1
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304:(82.0)
299:(82.4)
289:(99.1)
284:(99.1)
279:(93.9)
274:(93.0)
269:(88.5)
264:(82.8)
259:(79.9)
254:(82.0)
249:(85.1)
244:(90.3)
239:(92.7)
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526:124.6
521:160.6
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511:158.3
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1052:2024
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956:2021
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735:19.9
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690:19.9
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551:49.5
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541:82.5
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487:10.0
447:10.6
442:12.2
437:14.2
427:18.8
422:21.6
417:20.2
412:18.6
407:16.7
402:14.8
397:14.2
392:15.1
387:17.4
382:19.9
377:21.9
372:22.6
367:22.5
357:24.3
352:27.5
347:26.2
342:24.7
337:22.8
332:20.8
327:19.7
322:20.2
317:22.4
312:25.0
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282:37.3
277:34.4
272:33.9
267:31.4
262:28.2
257:26.6
252:27.8
247:29.5
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237:33.7
232:35.9
227:36.2
216:Dec
213:Nov
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207:Sep
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201:Jul
198:Jun
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189:Mar
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183:Jan
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