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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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a city of Bourke county, Victoria, Australia, on the Saltwater river, 4 m. W. of and suburban to Melbourne. Pop. (1901) 18,301. The city has large bluestone quarries from which most of the building stones in Melbourne and the neighbourhood is obtained; it is also an important manufacturing centre, with numerous sugar-mills, jute factories, soap works, woollenmills, foundries, chemical works and many other minor industries.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Footscray'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​f/footscray.html. 1910.
 
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