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Queenscliff

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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a town of Grant county, Victoria, Australia, 68 m. by land and 32 by sea S.W. by S. of Melbourne. Pop. (Igor) 2025. It lies on Shortlands Bluff, a small peninsula connected with the mainland by the Narrows, a contracted strip of land some 400 yds. broad. Queenscliff is a favourite watering-place, having a fine pier and excellent and safe seabathing. It is also a pilot station; and the quarantine station for vessels entering Port Phillip is near the town.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Queenscliff'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​q/queenscliff.html. 1910.
 
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