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Largs, New South Wales

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Almost all (over 90%) of the original vegetation (pre-1760) has been cleared. The floodplains has been developed primarily for irrigation which includes grazing cattle, growing lucerne, vegetables and turf. The low hills in the west contain the town of Largs with mainly residential development and a
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is a developing township adjacent to Bolwarra Heights and is a suburb in the City of Maitland in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the eastern side of the Hunter River, 6 km north of the Maitland CBD. As of 2018, the Maitland LGA is seeing new development along
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elevated areas adjacent to the river flood plain. Maitland is an established city. Schools and all normal community facilities are available. The City of Maitland covers an area of 390 square kilometres.
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There are two distrinctive landscape groups in Largs. The first group is the Hunter landscape group (hu and hub) which are extensive alluvial plains on recent alluvium from the
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floodplains with a minimum elevation of 3 metres (9.8 ft) rising to low hills in the west with a maximum height of 40 metres (130 ft).
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that has operated for the longest continuous time from the same site and is one of the oldest still operating schools in
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fought in 1263, and which secured the freedom and independence of Scotland against the invasion of the Norwegians.
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Largs covers an area of 7.72 square kilometres (2.98 sq mi) and is predominantly located on the
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changed course. Largs Public School, established in 1838, is the
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sediments, with slopes 5 to 20% and cleared tall open-forest.
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Suburb of Maitland City Council, New South Wales, Australia
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New South Wales

Largs is located in New South Wales
Coordinates
32°42′14.3″S 151°36′4.1″E / 32.703972°S 151.601139°E / -32.703972; 151.601139
2016 census
Postcode(s)
Time zone
AEST
UTC+10
DST
AEDT
UTC+11
Sydney
Newcastle
Raymond Terrace
Maitland
LGA(s)
Maitland City Council
Region
Hunter
County
Northumberland
Parish
State electorate(s)
Maitland
Federal division(s)
Lyne
Mindaribba
Woodville

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