Frenchmans Rock
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Panorama of Hog Bay and Frenchman's Rock in Penneshaw, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
The location received its name due to a rock on which a crew member of french explorer Nicolas Baudin carved the arrival of the expedition. The original rock was moved to the visitor information centre and a replica is now in place to commemorate this historic event.
Griffiths Island Lighthouse, Port Fairy
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Panorama of Griffiths Island Lighthouse at historic Port Fairy on the Moyne River in Victoria.
The lighthouse made of bluestone was built in 1859 at the mouth of Moyne River on the eastern tip of an island which was then known as Rabbit Island.
View from Mount Rosea, Grampians NP
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Panorama from Mount Rosea in the Grampians National Park.
Mount Rosea offers some of the most spectacular 360 degree views over the Mount Difficult Range, Lake Lonsdale, Wonderland Range, Lake Fyans, Lake Bellfield in the east, Serra Range in the south and Victoria Range in the west.
Old Telegraph Station, Alice Springs
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Panorama of the historic Telegraph Station in Alice Springs.
The Telegraph Station was built in the 1870s near a water hole on the Overland Telegraph Line to relay messages between Adelaide in the south and Darwin in the north of Australia. The Telegraph Station was the first building of the town Stuart which was renamed to Alice Springs in 1933. The historic building houses now a museum covering the history of European settlement in the Red Centre of Australia.
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