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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 334 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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WARRNAMBOOL , a seaport of See also:

VILLIERS, CHARLES PELHAM (1802-1898)

Villiers 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, 166 m. by See also:

RAIL

rail W.S.W. of See also:

Melbourne. Pop. (1901) 641o. The See also:

TOWN

town lies on an See also:

EMINENCE (Lat. eminentia)

eminence, on the shores of Warrnambool See also:

BAY

Bay, in a See also:

rich See also:

PASTORAL (from Lat. pastor, a shepherd)

pastoral and agricultural See also:

DISTRICT

district. See also:

RACE

Race meetings are held here, and the See also:

STEEPLECHASE

steeplechase course is considered the finest in the See also:

COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony. Warrnambool has a See also:

FINE

fine See also:

PORT

port with a viaduct and See also:

BREAKWATER

breakwater See also:

PIER (older forms per or Pere, from Med. Lat. pera; the word for piers out of water. For river piers, where a firm, watertight is of obscure origin, and the connexion with Fr. Pierre, Lat. stratum is found at a moderate depth below the river-bed, the pctr

pier 2400 ft. in length, and a See also:

JETTY

jetty 86o ft. in length, on to which the railway runs. Large quantities of See also:

DAIRY

dairy produce, See also:

WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool and live stock are exported; and there are a number of flourishing See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries in the town, including See also:

BREWING

brewing, See also:

FLOUR

flour-milling, tanning and See also:

BOOT

boot and See also:

BISCUIT (pronounced according to the old spelling " bisket," a Fr. form from Lat. bis, twice, and coctum, cooked, in reference to the original method of preparation; cf. Ital. biscotto, Sp. bizcocho, &c.)

biscuit manufacturing. See also:

SANDSTONE

Sandstone Y See also:

Baillie, Letters and See also:

JOURNALS

Journals (See also:

BANNATYNE, GEORGE (1545—? 1608)

Bannatyne See also:

CLUB (connected with " clump ")

Club, 1841). abounds in the district and is extensively quarried. The summer See also:

CLIMATE

climate is the coolest in the Australian states.

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