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  2. The Nobbys, Newcastle

    "Sighted off Nobbys." So the time-honoured phase goes relating to vessels passing of calling at the port of Newcastle—Port Hunter. Sometimes the saying has a whimsical rather than a nautical significance, as when one [?]volously refers to having seen a friend in Newcastle. Nobbys is a prominent and historical landmark, and whether seen from land or sea is unmistakable, the "nobby" bluff, capped with its picturesque white lighthouse and single mast, showing the way to the harbour. It consists of lateral strata of shale and coal, and seems a feeble structure to withstand the sugar of the great Pacific waves, but it will ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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