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112:134°33′22″E
99:Coordinates
1480:Categories
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1073:References
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381:Mulgathing
376:Mulgathing
361:Mulgathing
137:Population
109:30°41′41″S
1402:ABC Rural
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169:Elevation
1407:ABC News
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1203:16 April
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1138:10 March
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1062:Source:
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303:27.5 °C
213:Location
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1412:4 April
1314:24 July
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819:12.3
814:16.2
809:19.1
804:19.8
794:27.7
789:34.3
784:31.7
779:28.6
774:25.5
769:21.2
764:19.0
759:18.8
754:22.4
749:27.2
744:31.7
739:35.3
734:36.8
724:49.1
719:48.1
714:46.5
709:42.9
704:39.0
699:33.5
694:29.4
689:28.7
684:34.2
679:39.7
674:44.0
669:48.2
664:49.1
653:Dec
650:Nov
647:Oct
644:Sep
641:Aug
638:Jul
635:Jun
632:May
629:Apr
626:Mar
623:Feb
620:Jan
551:and
537:Rail
486:The
276:Grey
202:ACST
183:ACST
164:5710
988:9.8
929:7.8
924:5.0
919:1.0
894:0.0
889:1.3
884:6.1
879:9.1
874:5.6
844:9.0
839:5.7
834:4.6
829:5.2
824:8.1
416:of
196:DST
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