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1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Portland (Victoria)

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5029961911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 22 — Portland (Victoria)

PORTLAND, a seaport of Normanby county, Victoria, Australia, 250 m. by rail S.W. of Melbourne. Pop. (1901), 2185. It stands on the western shore of a magnificent bay, 24 m. long and 12 m. broad, and is the outlet for a rich agricultural and pastoral tract.