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KOORINGA [BURRA]

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 897 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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KOORINGA [BURRA]

KOORINGA [BURRA] , a See also:

TOWN

town of Burra See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

South See also:

AUSTRALIA

Australia on Burra See also:

Creek, 1o1 m. by See also:

RAIL

rail N. by E. of See also:

Adelaide . Pop . (1901), 1994 . It is the centre of a See also:

MINING

mining and agricultural See also:

DISTRICT

district in which large areas are devoted to See also:

wheat-growing . The famous Burra Burra See also:

COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper mine, discovered by a shepherd in 1844, is See also:

close to the town, while See also:

SILVER

silver and See also:

lead ore is also found in the vicinity .

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