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PALMERSTON

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 649 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PALMERSTON  , the

chief
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town of the
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Northern Territory of South
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Australia, in Palmerston county, on the E.
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shore of
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Port Darwin, 2000 M.
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direct N.N.W. of Adelaide . The town stands 6o ft. above the level of the sea, by which it is almost surrounded . There are a government house, a town hall, and an experimental nursery garden . Palmerston has a magnificent harbour, accessible to ocean-going vessels, and the
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jetty is connected by
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rail with Playford, 146 m. distant . Cool breezes blow almost continuously throughout the
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year . The mean
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annual rainfall is 62.21 in . Pop . (19o1), 1973, mostly Chinese .

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