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MAITLAND, EAST

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 447 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MAITLAND, See also:EAST and See also:WEST, adjoining municipalities in See also:Northumberland See also:county, New See also:South See also:Wales, See also:Australia, See also:Ito m. by See also:rail N. of See also:Sydney. Pop. (1901), West Maitland,6798; East Maitland, 3287. These towns are situated in a valley on the See also:Hunter See also:River, which is liable to sudden floods, to guard against which the river is protected by See also:stone embankments at West Maitland, while there are See also:flood-See also:gates at East Maitland. Maitland is the centre of the See also:rich agricultural See also:district of the Hunter valley, which produces See also:maize, See also:wheat and other cereals, See also:lucerne, See also:tobacco, See also:fruit and See also:wine; excellent See also:coal also is worked in the vicinity. East Maitland is the see of a See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:bishop, whose See also:cathedral (St See also:John's), however, is situated in the larger See also:town. Besides this, West Maitland contains several handsome public and commercial buildings.

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