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Council get-together sparks electric memories
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1559:Ku-ring-gai
1445:North Shore
1385:, Australia
985:Wolli Creek
871:Wolli Creek
851:Sandringham
772:Kogarah Bay
608:Simeon Lord
600:Cooks River
588:First Fleet
493:First Fleet
456:Cooks River
445:Wolli Creek
441:M5 Motorway
49: /
1662:Categories
1629:Willoughby
1614:Sutherland
1589:Parramatta
1554:Inner West
1534:Hawkesbury
1519:Cumberland
1514:Canada Bay
1425:Inner West
1336:12 October
1141:12 October
1114:References
1002:Population
941:Hurstville
856:Sans Souci
762:Kingsgrove
752:Hurstville
742:Carss Park
727:Blakehurst
664:, and the
617:Hurstville
582:. Captain
576:Botany Bay
565:James Cook
559:Hurstville
505:Botany Bay
472:Sydney CBD
437:Botany Bay
431:which was
299:Population
188:Canterbury
172:Inner West
165:Hawkesbury
119:Parramatta
55: (
1634:Woollahra
1569:Liverpool
1564:Lane Cove
1539:The Hills
1524:Fairfield
1494:Blacktown
1478:of Sydney
1460:St George
1430:Macarthur
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1109:newspaper
967:Transport
841:Riverwood
826:Penshurst
816:Peakhurst
687:Arncliffe
580:Australia
571:Endeavour
538:Town Hall
417:Australia
398:St George
261:Macarthur
254:St George
190:Bankstown
128:Blacktown
75:St George
57:St George
1624:Waverley
1599:Randwick
1330:Archived
1305:3 August
1233:10 March
1227:Archived
1175:Archived
1135:Archived
949:Rockdale
927:and the
866:Turrella
846:Rockdale
831:Ramsgate
801:Mortdale
796:Monterey
786:Kyle Bay
777:Kyeemagh
631:St James
586:led the
536:Rockdale
517:Bidjigal
507:and the
356:Rockdale
346:Maroubra
217:District
206:Northern
179:Northern
111:District
36:151°06′E
1594:Penrith
1544:Hornsby
1499:Burwood
1489:Bayside
959:called
945:Kogarah
910:Kogarah
791:Lugarno
767:Kogarah
737:Carlton
692:Banksia
682:Allawah
567:sailed
547:Kogarah
523:clans.
521:Cadigal
513:Gweagal
495:, the
478:History
341:Kogarah
336:Heffron
320:Bayside
302:285,214
289:Airport
208:Beaches
156:Western
154:Greater
146:Berowra
137:Penrith
102:Suburbs
100:Eastern
82:,
33:33°57′S
1574:Mosman
1504:Camden
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811:Oatley
806:Narwee
707:Bexley
409:Sydney
377:Barton
351:Oatley
308:LGA(s)
268:Sydney
241:Botany
226:Sydney
215:Forest
181:Sydney
158:Sydney
80:Sydney
1076:Team)
574:into
372:Banks
280:Beach
278:Bondi
199:Shore
197:North
109:Hills
1604:Ryde
1338:2021
1307:2013
1276:ISBN
1257:ISBN
1235:2023
1143:2021
994:and
979:and
947:and
602:and
569:HMS
519:and
497:Eora
443:and
396:The
382:Cook
1205:doi
1071:NRL
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