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Route 66

Avon Downs, Northern Territory   “On 21st January 1882, the ‘Herbert River Blocks’ on the Barkly Tableland were auctioned in Adelaide. … Thomas Guthrie, a Victorian grazier, was the successful bidder on four blocks and Avon Downs was born.” This … Continue reading

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