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222:. He and his son, also named Robert, had the land on either side of the railway station site privately surveyed in 1887. It was then subdivided into plots for a township they called Cromwell. Advertisements appeared for the sale of 50 residential and business allotments opposite the railway station in the
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216:Great Southern Railway
96:38.41111°S 145.76139°E
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345:Land of the Lyre Bird
316:"Bena (State Suburb)"
276:Rees, Margaret N.G.,
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224:Gippsland Independent
140:South Gippsland Shire
204:temperate rainforest
101:-38.41111; 145.76139
261:Shire of Korumburra
190:and 8 km from
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877:Toora North
872:Tidal River
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675:Binginwarri
592:Stony Creek
587:Sandy Point
125:Postcode(s)
117:2016 census
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87:145°45′41″E
74:Coordinates
976:Categories
851:Strzelecki
800:Mount Best
739:Hazel Park
693:Darlimurla
494:Korumburra
463:Fish Creek
325:10 January
298:References
192:Korumburra
178:region of
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112:Population
84:38°24′40″S
772:Koorooman
683:Boolarong
612:Welshpool
607:Venus Bay
507:Leongatha
499:Lang Lang
489:Koonwarra
473:Inverloch
267:in 1994.
188:Melbourne
184:Australia
915:Whitelaw
762:Kardella
757:Jumbunna
734:Hallston
719:Fairbank
665:Bennison
635:Locality
530:Meeniyan
347:, p. 77.
242:lyrebird
231:lyrebird
180:Victoria
30:Victoria
945:Wooreen
841:Ranceby
815:Moyarra
782:Krowera
701:Delburn
688:Boorool
655:Arawata
617:Yanakie
569:Poowong
561:Outtrim
548:Nerrena
481:Kongwak
458:Dumbalk
453:Buffalo
271:Sources
248:(1920).
198:History
859:Tarwin
752:Jeetho
744:Hedley
729:Gunyah
709:Dollar
660:Baromi
535:Mirboo
525:Mardan
468:Foster
164:Monash
135:LGA(s)
930:Wonga
882:Trida
642:Agnes
602:Toora
553:Nyora
846:Ruby
517:Loch
448:Bena
441:Town
327:2021
240:The
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129:3946
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25:Bena
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