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  2. SCIENCE AIDS ONCE - ISOLATED KING ISLAND

    Probably not another island of its size in the world has benefited to such an extent by the progress of science like King Island. Less than 30 years ago it was an isolated strip of country battered by winds and high seas which sometimes prevented communication with the outside world for weeks on end. There ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. Skins Used As Currency

    MONEY was practically unknown on King Island half a century ago. There was no use for it on the island, where stores had not ...

    Article : 135 words
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    The Currie Harbour Jetty, where £3000 is now being spent in improvements; and an old ship's bell near Currie, used as an alarm for ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 35 words
  5. PROSPERITY BEGAN BY CHANCE

    King Island's prosperity as an exceptional fattening country for cattle and as a large dairying centre can be almost wholly attributed to ...

    Article : 832 words
  6. SAD STORY OF SHIPWRECKS ON RUGGED COASTS

    For more than a century the. rugged coasts of King Island have taken toll of ships, and in several cases, life. "The Marine Graveyard of Bass Strait," as it has been called, is the last resting place of 57 vessels of ...

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