Mapping Australian history and culture
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Total Places
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16 | - |
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Area
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76326.010006445 | km2 |
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Convex Hull
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POLYGON((143.6494161 -39.14734171,141.6377311 -38.48002881,136.6320806 -35.74094026,136.6175613 -35.53285559,138.5006466 -34.85853319,138.5976512 -34.91282667,143.6494161 -39.14734171)) | - |
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Density
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0.00020962709826767 | places/km2 |
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Centroid
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POINT(138.81992308124998 -35.5487778525) | - |
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Bounding Box
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POLYGON((136.6175613 -39.14734171,136.6175613 -34.85853319,143.6494161 -34.85853319,143.6494161 -39.14734171,136.6175613 -39.14734171)) | - |
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Most Central Place
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Backhouse noted that the 'opening into St. Vincents Gulf by the Backstairs Passage' was maked by 'two little islands, called The Pages' and that a 'vast numbers of sea fowl, and some Seals of a yellowish colour with black muzzles, were upon one of the two little islands'. | - |
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Most Distant Place from center
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From 20th November 1837 until the 23rd, the 'wind was adverse' so the ship Eudora 'beat backward and forward, between Kings Island and Cape Otway'. The ship 'tacked when about fifteen miles from its north coast, to avoid a reef, on which the convict vessel Minerva was lost about two years previously. | - |
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Distribution
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kilometers |