BAIRNSDALE
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V03,
Page 225
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
BAIRNSDALE
, a town of Tanjil county, Victoria, Australia, on the Mitchell river, 171 M. by rail E. of Melbourne
.
Pop
.
(1901) 3074
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It lies near the head of a lagoon called Lake See also: - KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King, which is open to the sea, and affords regular communication by water with Melbourne
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In the district, which is chiefly pastoral, there are several goldfields, with both alluvial and reef mining
.
The town has tanneries, and cheese and butter factories
.
There is an active shipping trade with Melbourne in maize and other grain, hops, fruit and dairy produce
.
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