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Gazette Article

Title
Tender for the construction of a Reservoir [Blackwood]
In
Victorian Government Gazette
Imprint
no. 166, Dec 21, 1860, p. 2457
Url
https://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/view.cgi?year=1860&class=general&page_num=2457
Abstract

John Basson Humffray, Commissioner of Mines, dated 26 November, 1860, advertised for tenders to be received at the Office of the Board of Science, Queen street, Melbourne, for the construction of a Water Reservoir at Blackwood.
Full particulars at the Office of the Board of Science, and at the Warden's office Blackwood.

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EOAS ID: bib/ASBS12324.htm

This Edition: 2026 February - 1926 Centenaries
Kooyang - Gariwerd calendar - Late summer: late January to late March - season of eels
Reference: https://www.bom.gov.au/resources/indigenous-weather-knowledge/indigenous-seasonal-calendars/gariwerd-calendar#bom-anchor-list__item-kooyang-season-of-eels

Publisher: Swinburne University of Technology.

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