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| | Peruvian wreck, Vanishing Types, Toowoomba, Pioneers, Mount Lindesay, Gold Coast |
 | | The outer coast was washed by the ocean, and the inner coast bordered the narrows, from Gladstone to the Fitzroy River, a distance of 42 miles, and through the passage, the Government steamer Premier, conveyed passengers from Gladstone to Rockhampton. |
 | | The vegetation on the east coast is hard and stunted, with rocky soil. |
 | | The former came from Fowler’s Bay, and the latter’s water was Ilgamba water, a permanent soak at the Bight head. |
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