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​Full and plenty

29/11/2017

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No pasta, no salami, no tinned tomatoes … Italian migrants had to start from scratch when they arrived in Wonthaggi.


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The town that vanished

2/11/2017

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PictureThe remains of the Queensferry jetty are a ghostly reminder of a thriving seaside settlement.
If you’d visited Queensferry a century ago, you would have found a seaside settlement with hotels, a licensed colonial wine saloon, three public halls, a store and a series of large and small houses. 


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