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The little fluvial port of Goolwa, seven miles above the mouth of the Murray 

 on its terminal Lake Alexandrina, exports a considerable quantity of wool. 

 Beyond the river and near the frontier of Victoria, Mount Gamhier, or Gamhierton, 

 at the southern foot of the volcano of like name, is the most active commercial 



Fig. 172. — Adelaide, Spencee and St. Vincent Gulfs. 

 Scale 1 : 5,300,000. 



Depths. 



0to32 

 Feet. 



32 to SO 



Feet. 



80 to 160 

 Feet. 



160 Feet and 

 upwards. 



120 Miles. 



centre in the southern districts. It is connected by rail with the capital, and 

 supplied with water from the lake in the neighbouring crater. 



Other railways run from Adelaide towards the northern mineral districts, 

 where Gawler, Kapunda, and Kooringa are the chief centres of the copper mining 

 operations. The deposits of Boora-Boora, near Kooringa, have largely contributed 



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