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    Ledge Point is a small coastal township 105 km north of Perth, Western Australia. It was established to service the local fishing and crayfishing industries...
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    reliably measured was a 5.94 m (19.5 ft) specimen reported from Ledge Point, Western Australia in 1987, but it is unclear whether that length was measured...
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  • events, see history of Australia. List of monarchs of Australia List of prime ministers of Australia History of Western Australia Timeline of Adelaide Timeline...
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  • Dragon)". Shipwreck Databases. Western Australian Museum. Retrieved 24 February 2019. "Emergency Management Australia, Disaster Database". Retrieved 22...
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  • history of Western Australia commenced "over 50,000 years ago and possibly as much as 70,000 years ago" with the arrival of Aboriginal Australians on the...
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    retirement spot, similar to surrounding settlements such as Guilderton and Ledge Point, but has also become infamous for its struggles with coastal erosion...
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    Draeck, with 193 crew aboard and a valuable cargo is wrecked off Ledge Point, Western Australia, with the loss of 118 members. Another 75 make it to shore,...
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  • This is a list of Towns of Western Australia. In Australia, including in the state of Western Australia, towns are commonly understood to be centres of...
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    Draeck, with 193 crew aboard and a valuable cargo is wrecked off Ledge Point, Western Australia, with the loss of 118 members. Another 75 make it to shore,...
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    (Gilt Dragon) that had foundered on a reef north of the river-mouth near Ledge Point in 1656. Soldiers used the area during World War II both for rest and...
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    a group of skindivers found the wreck 7 miles (11 km) from Ledge Point, Western Australia. Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds got the first of a record...
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  • Vergulde Draeck (category Shipwrecks of Western Australia)
    midway between what are now the coastal towns of Seabird and Ledge Point, Western Australia. On board were 193 crew, eight boxes of silver coins worth 78...
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    New Norcia (/ˈnɔːsiə/) is a town in Western Australia, 132 km (82 mi) north of Perth, near the Great Northern Highway. It is situated next to the banks...
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    Wagin /ˈweɪdʒɪn/ is a town and shire in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, approximately 225 km (139.81 mi) south-east of Perth on the Great Southern...
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    The Wheatbelt is one of nine regions of Western Australia defined as administrative areas for the state's regional development, and a vernacular term...
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    and 1910, is a town on the Avon River in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, 85 kilometres (53 mi) north-east of Perth. The first European settlement...
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    Merredin /ˈmɛrədɪn/ is a town in Western Australia, located in the central Wheatbelt roughly midway between Perth and Kalgoorlie, on Route 94, Great Eastern...
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  • South Papua borders Sandaun and Western provinces of Papua New Guinea. Indonesia has common maritime boundaries with Australia, India, Malaysia, Philippines...
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  • Hospital Warburton railway line Warburton railway station Warburton, Western Australia Warburton Airport Mount Warburton Pike, British Columbia, Canada Warburton...
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  • Campion is an abandoned townsite in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, located in the Shire of Nungarin on the Koorda–Bullfinch Road. It is situated...
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    Cervantes is a town in Western Australia located about 198 kilometres (123 mi) north-north-west of the state capital, Perth, in the Shire of Dandaragan...
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    Southern Cross is a town in Western Australia, 371 kilometres (230.5 miles) east of state capital Perth on the Great Eastern Highway. It was founded in...
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    York is the oldest inland town in Western Australia, situated on the Avon River, 97 kilometres (60 mi) east of Perth in the Wheatbelt, on Ballardong Nyoongar...
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    schooner Australia, which had run aground on a nearby ledge. The use of multiple lights in a given site was discontinued in 1924. The western light was...
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  • Over 1400 ships have been wrecked on the coast of Western Australia. This relatively large number of shipwrecks is due to a number of factors, including:...
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  • located 54 km (34 mi) north-northeast of the town of Southern Cross, Western Australia. Iron ore has been mined here since 1948 by a series of companies...
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    Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon) which was wrecked in April 1656 just south of Ledge Point, 107 km (66 mi) north of what is now Perth. Leeman was sent with a party...
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    townsite located 177 km north of Perth in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. At the 2021 census, Moora had a population of 1,755. Moora was one...
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    Northam is a town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, situated at the confluence of the Avon and Mortlock Rivers. It is the largest town and...
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    colloquially called Dally, is a town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, located 248 km from Perth via the Great Northern Highway. Agriculture...
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