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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 575 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ARMIDALE , a See also:

TOWN

town in Sandon See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, New See also:

South See also:

WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales, See also:

AUSTRALIA

Australia, 313 M. by See also:

RAIL

rail N. of See also:

SYDNEY

Sydney. Pop. (1901) 4249. It lies at an See also:

ELEVATION

elevation of 3313 ft., in a picturesque mountainous See also:

DISTRICT

district, for the most See also:

PART

part See also:

PASTORAL (from Lat. pastor, a shepherd)

pastoral and agricultural, though it contains some alluvial See also:

gold diggings. See also:

ANTIMONY (symbol Sb, atomic weight 120.2)

Antimony is found in large quantities near the town. Armidale is a See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral town, being the seat of a See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

bishop and belonging to the See also:

JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint See also:

ANGLICAN

Anglican See also:

DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese of See also:

Grafton; Armidale St See also:

Peter's, the Anglican cathedral, and St See also:

Mary's, the Rqman Catholic, are both See also:

FINE

fine buildings. The town is the centre of See also:

GREAT

great educational activity, its See also:

SCHOOLS

schools including the New See also:

England girls' school, St See also:

Patrick's See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

college, the high school, the Ursuline See also:

CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent and See also:

state schools. Armidale became a See also:

MUNICIPALITY

municipality in 1863.

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