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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


land along a river or creek, ofgreat importance to a station. A use common in Australia, notpeculiar to it.

1844. `Port Phillip Patriot,' July i8, p. 3, col. 7:

«. . . has four miles frontage to the Yarra Yarra.»

1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Squatter's Dream,' c. iii. p. 29:

«Jack was piloted by Mr. Hawkesbury through the `frontage'and a considerable portion of the `back' regions of Gondaree.»

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