THE TOWNS OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 



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SIIII'I'IXG COAL AT Bt'LLOCK ISLAND. 



the shops of general dealers, and 

 the churches, schools and other in- 

 stitutions provided by the State or 

 raised by local effort. From the 

 summit of Monument Hill the lar: 

 of these may be seen set in clusters along the 

 seaward slopes of the low. bare or sparse! y- 

 timbered hills, the houses straggling out towards 

 them across drear)- flats. As Newcastle progresses 



the town will embrace all these outlying posts ; the shallow reaches and bays between 

 Hullock Island and the swampy land about the mouth of the Hunter River will be 



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