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1419:Schools
1390:Tonalli
1360:Kowmung
1355:Kedumba
1345:Jenolan
1330:Erskine
1325:Du Faur
1305:Bedford
1279:Wollemi
1169:History
1119:Jamison
1107:Valleys
1058:Hartley
911:Shipley
691:Wollemi
547:Valleys
455:Lithgow
445:Hartley
440:Hampton
127:Lithgow
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63:Lithgow
1400:Wolgan
1385:Nepean
1380:Nattai
1293:Rivers
1269:Nattai
1129:Wolgan
1022:Wilson
992:Irvine
861:Linden
851:Lawson
791:Bilpin
700:Rivers
495:Tarana
475:Newnes
425:Dargan
201:Newnes
174:UNESCO
143:Newnes
131:Sydney
1335:Grose
1300:Bargo
1284:Yengo
1114:Grose
982:Boyce
977:Bindo
972:Banks
856:Leura
686:Turon
485:Rydal
1320:Coxs
1315:Colo
1209:1913
1204:1892
1194:1913
1189:1892
1027:York
781:Bell
395:Bell
38:Area
987:Hay
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