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BUNBURY , a seaport and municipal See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

Wellington 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, Western See also:

AUSTRALIA

Australia, 112 M. by See also:

RAIL

rail S. by W. of See also:

Perth. Pop. (1901) 2455. The See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, known as Koombanah See also:

BAY

Bay, is protected by a See also:

BREAKWATER

breakwater built on a See also:

CORAL

coral See also:

REEF (1)

reef, See also:

COAL

Coal is worked on the Collie See also:

RIVER

river, 30 M. distant, and is shipped from this See also:

PORT

port, together with See also:

TIN (Lat.- stannum, whence the chemical symbol " Sn "; atomic weight =117.6, 0=16)

tin, See also:

TIMBER

timber, See also:

SANDAL (from the Latinized form of Gr. vavb4Atov or vav&aAov: this probably represents the Persian sandal, slipper; it is not to be referred to Gr. stasis, board)

sandal-See also:

wood and agricultural produce.

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