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Stawell
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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a municipality of Borung county, Victoria, Australia, 179 m. by rail W.N.W. of Melbourne. Pop. (1901), 5296. The quartz reefs of the Pleasant Creek goldfields near the town are worked at very deep levels and there are several extensive cyanide plants on the reef. Inthe adjacent Grampians, which are connected by rail with Stawell, there are numerous freestone quarries. Wheat is extensively grown in the vicinity and also large numbers of vines, for which the soil is particularly adapted. Stawell is the changing station on the line from Melbourne to Adelaide, and has large engine-houses and repairing shops.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Stawell'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/stawell.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Stawell'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/stawell.html. 1910.
