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212:Richard Shewring, engineer R. D. Thompson and
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693:"The Gulf Tragedy — Immediate Action Urged"
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581:"The Douglas Mawson Women"
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418:The Daily Mail (Brisbane)
732:Shipwrecks of Queensland
497:"Douglas Mawson Inquiry"
385:"Growth of the Nambucca"
727:Shipwrecks of Australia
698:The Examiner (Tasmania)
446:The Advocate (Tasmania)
637:"Douglas Mawson Women"
229:Prince of Wales Island
148:Prince of Wales Island
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609:"Douglas Mawson Echo"
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665:"The Douglas Mawson"
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214:donkeyman
206:Normanton
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