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East to North

Episode 8 | ABC | November 14, 1991

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Geography

Classification: General

Bill Peach describes the first attempts to open an overland track from the eastern settlements to the coast of northern Australia.

Bill Peach describes the first attempts to open an overland track from the eastern settlements to the coast of northern Australia.

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