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EAGLEHAWK

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 791 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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EAGLEHAWK , a See also:

BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough of See also:

BENDIGO (formerly SANDHURST)

Bendigo 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, See also:

Victoria, See also:

AUSTRALIA

Australia, 105 M. by See also:

RAIL

rail N.N.W. of See also:

Melbourne and 4 M. from Bendigo, with which it is connected by See also:

steam See also:

TRAMWAY

tramway. Pop. (1901) 8130. It stands on the Bendigo See also:

gold-bearing See also:

REEF (1)

reef, and its mines are important.

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