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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 817 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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STAWELL , a See also:

municipality of Borung See also:county, See also:Victoria, See also:Australia, 179 M. by See also:rail W.N.W. of See also:Melbourne. Pop. (1901), 5296. The See also:quartz reefs of the Pleasant See also:Creek goldfields near the See also:town are worked at very deep levels and there are several extensive See also:cyanide See also:plants on the See also:reef. In the adjacent See also:Grampians, which are connected by rail with Stawell, there are numerous freestone quarries. See also:Wheat is extensively grown in the vicinity and also large See also:numbers of vines, for which the See also:soil is particularly adapted. Stawell is the changing station on the See also:line from Melbourne to See also:Adelaide, and has large See also:engine-houses and repairing shops.

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