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EAST MAITLAND

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 447 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EAST
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MAITLAND  and
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WEST, adjoining municipalities in
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Northumberland
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county, New
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South
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Wales,
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Australia,
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Ito m. by
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rail N. of
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Sydney . Pop . (1901), West
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Maitland,6798;
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East Maitland, 3287 . These towns are situated in a valley on the
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Hunter
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River, which is liable to sudden floods, to guard against which the river is protected by
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stone embankments at West Maitland, while there are
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flood-
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gates at East Maitland . Maitland is the centre of the
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rich agricultural
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district of the Hunter valley, which produces
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maize,
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wheat and other cereals,
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lucerne,
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tobacco,
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fruit and
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wine; excellent
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coal also is worked in the vicinity . East Maitland is the see of a
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Roman
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Catholic
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bishop, whose
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cathedral (St
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John's), however, is situated in the larger
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town . Besides this, West Maitland contains several handsome public and commercial buildings .

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