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Cowell, South Australia

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Cowell is a coastal town on Franklin Harbor on the eastern side of the Eyre Peninsula, in South Australia on the Lincoln Highway 111 km south of the major town of Whyalla. [1]

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Adelaide

Adelaide is the capital city of the state of South Australia, and the fifth-most populous city of Australia.

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Agriculture

Agriculture is the cultivation of land and breeding of animals and plants to provide food, fiber, medicinal plants and other products to sustain and enhance life.

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Aquaculture

Aquaculture (less commonly spelled aquiculture), also known as aquafarming, is the farming of fish, crustaceans, molluscs, aquatic plants, algae, and other organisms.

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Area school

In New Zealand and Australia, an area school is a school that takes children from kindergarten age (usually 4 or 5 years old) all the way through to tertiary entrance exams (at about age 18).

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Arno Bay, South Australia

Arno Bay (formerly Bligh) is a small fishing and tourist town on the east coast of Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, located on the Lincoln Highway about halfway between Whyalla and Port Lincoln.

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Australasian snapper

The Australasian snapper (Pagrus auratus) or silver seabream, is a species of porgie found in coastal waters of Australia, Philippines, Indonesia, China, Taiwan, Japan and New Zealand.

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Australian barracuda

The Australian barracuda, arrow barracuda, Australian sea pike, sea pike, snook, or shortfin barracuda, Sphyraena novaehollandiae, is a barracuda of the genus Sphyraena which occurs in the south-western Pacific Ocean.

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Australian Bureau of Statistics

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is the independent statistical agency of the Government of Australia.

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Australian herring

Arripis georgianus, known as the ruff, tommy ruff, Australian ruff or the Australian herring, is one of four Australasian fish species within the genus Arripis.

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Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, or simply called Aussie rules, football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground.

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Barley

Barley (Hordeum vulgare), a member of the grass family, is a major cereal grain grown in temperate climates globally.

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Bay

A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay.

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Cattle

Cattle—colloquially cows—are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates.

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Cereal

A cereal is any edible components of the grain (botanically, a type of fruit called a caryopsis) of cultivated grass, composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran.

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Church (building)

A church building or church house, often simply called a church, is a building used for Christian religious activities, particularly for worship services.

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Clay

Clay is a finely-grained natural rock or soil material that combines one or more clay minerals with possible traces of quartz (SiO2), metal oxides (Al2O3, MgO etc.) and organic matter.

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Cleve, South Australia

Cleve is a small agriculturally based town on Central Eyre Peninsula in South Australia.

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Coast

A coastline or a seashore is the area where land meets the sea or ocean, or a line that forms the boundary between the land and the ocean or a lake.

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Commercial fishing

Commercial fishing is the activity of catching fish and other seafood for commercial profit, mostly from wild fisheries.

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Constables and Governors of Windsor Castle

The Constables and Governors of Windsor Castle are in charge of Windsor Castle in England on behalf of the sovereign.

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County of Jervois

The County of Jervois is a cadastral unit in the Australian state of South Australia that covers land on the east coast of the Eyre Peninsula.

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Cowell Airport

Cowell Airport is an airport located northwest of Cowell, in the Eyre Peninsula region of South Australia.

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Cowell Area School

Cowell Area School is an R-12 Government Public school in Cowell, a small coastal town 494 km away from Adelaide, South Australia in the District Council of Franklin Harbour district.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players each on a cricket field, at the centre of which is a rectangular pitch with a target at each end called the wicket (a set of three wooden stumps upon which two bails sit).

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District Council of Franklin Harbour

The District Council of Franklin Harbour is a local government area in South Australia on the Eyre Peninsula.

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Division of Grey

The Division of Grey is an Australian electoral division in South Australia.

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Easter

Easter,Traditional names for the feast in English are "Easter Day", as in the Book of Common Prayer, "Easter Sunday", used by James Ussher and Samuel Pepys and plain "Easter", as in books printed in,, also called Pascha (Greek, Latin) or Resurrection Sunday, is a festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial after his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary 30 AD.

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Economy

An economy (from Greek οίκος – "household" and νέμoμαι – "manage") is an area of the production, distribution, or trade, and consumption of goods and services by different agents.

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Electoral district of Giles

Giles is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly.

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Entrance Island (South Australia)

Entrance Island is a low island located inside the mouth of Franklin Harbor, Eyre Peninsula in South Australia.

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Eyre Peninsula

The Eyre Peninsula is a triangular peninsula in South Australia.

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Fishing

Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish.

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Four-wheel drive

Four-wheel drive, also called 4×4 ("four by four") or 4WD, refers to a two-axled vehicle drivetrain capable of providing torque to all of its wheels simultaneously.

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Franklin Harbor Conservation Park

Franklin Harbor Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located on the east coast of Eyre Peninsula in the gazetted locality of Cowell about south of the town centre in Cowell. The conservation park consists of land on a peninsula that encloses the south east side of Franklin Harbor and on four islands within Franklin Harbor including Entrance Island. The conservation park occupies land in Sections 258, 259, 260 and 261 of the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Playford. The conservation park was proclaimed on 22 January 1976 under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972. As of July 2016, the conservation park covered an area of. Since 2012, the conservation park has been overlapped by the protected area known as the Franklin Harbor Marine Park. As of 1982, the conservation park was considered to have "significance" for the following reasons:...(it) preserves an area of mangrove and samphire flats, an association that is markedly depleted in South Australia. The entrance islands... contain a population of death adders. The islands also provide a safe roosting and feeding site for sea birds. As of 1982, the flora of the conservation park was described as follows: Two of the islands and the protected side of the peninsula feature a low woodland of Avicennia marina and a samphire shrubland (Arthrocnemum spp.). The seaward side of the peninsula features a sandy beach backed by minor areas of open scrubland dominated by boxthorn, with scattered Callitris, Santalum, Leucopogon and Nitraria. The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category Ia protected area.

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Franklin Harbor Marine Park

Franklin Harbor Marine Park is a marine park in Spencer Gulf in South Australia.

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Goat

The domestic goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) is a subspecies of goat domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe.

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Harbor

A harbor or harbour (see spelling differences; synonyms: wharves, haven) is a sheltered body of water where ships, boats, and barges can be docked.

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Hospital

A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized medical and nursing staff and medical equipment.

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Hotel

A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis.

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Jade

Jade is an ornamental mineral, mostly known for its green varieties, which is featured prominently in ancient Asian art.

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John Clayton Cowell

Major-General Sir John Clayton Cowell PC KCB (1832–1894) was a British Army officer and later Master of the Queen's Household and lieutenant-governor of Windsor Castle.

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King George whiting

The King George whiting, Sillaginodes punctatus (also known as the spotted whiting or spotted sillago), is a coastal marine fish of the smelt-whitings family Sillaginidae.

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Legume

A legume is a plant or its fruit or seed in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae).

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Lincoln Highway (Australia)

Lincoln Highway is a highway in South Australia which links the cities of Port Augusta and Port Lincoln located on the east coast of Eyre Peninsula over a distance of.

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Lucky Bay, South Australia

Lucky Bay is a locality in the District Council of Franklin Harbour, on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.

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Mangalo, South Australia

Mangalo is a locality on Eyre Peninsula in South Australia.

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Mangrove

A mangrove is a shrub or small tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water.

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May Gibbs

Cecilia May Gibbs MBE (17 January 1877 – 27 November 1969), publishing under the name May Gibbs, was an English Australian children's author, illustrator, and cartoonist.

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Mitchellville, South Australia

Mitchellville is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the east coast of Eyre Peninsula about north-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about north of the municipal seat of Cowell.

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Mudflat

Mudflats or mud flats, also known as tidal flats, are coastal wetlands that form when mud is deposited by tides or rivers.

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Netball

Netball is a ball sport played by two teams of seven players.

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Oat

The oat (Avena sativa), sometimes called the common oat, is a species of cereal grain grown for its seed, which is known by the same name (usually in the plural, unlike other cereals and pseudocereals).

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Oyster

Oyster is the common name for a number of different families of salt-water bivalve molluscs that live in marine or brackish habitats.

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Police station

A police station (sometimes called a "station house" in the US) is a building which serves to accommodate police officers and other members of staff.

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Population

In biology, a population is all the organisms of the same group or species, which live in a particular geographical area, and have the capability of interbreeding.

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Port Gibbon, South Australia

Port Gibbon is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the east coast of Eyre Peninsula about north-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about south-west of the municipal seat in Cowell.

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Port Lincoln

Port Lincoln is a city on the Lower Eyre Peninsula in the Australian state of South Australia.

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Portunus armatus

Portunus armatus (formerly Portunus pelagicus), also known as the flower crab, blue crab, blue swimmer crab, blue manna crab or sand crab, rajungan in Indonesian, and alimasag in Tagalog, is a large crab found in the intertidal estuaries around most of Australia and east to New Caledonia.

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Premier Stateliner

Premier Stateliner is South Australia's largest long national distance coach operator running services from Adelaide across the state.

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Regions of South Australia

In South Australia, one of the states of Australia, there are many areas which are commonly known by regional names.

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Sheep

Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are quadrupedal, ruminant mammal typically kept as livestock.

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Ship

A ship is a large watercraft that travels the world's oceans and other sufficiently deep waterways, carrying passengers or goods, or in support of specialized missions, such as defense, research and fishing.

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Silt

Silt is granular material of a size between sand and clay, whose mineral origin is quartz and feldspar.

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South Australia

South Australia (abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia.

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South Australian Heritage Register

The South Australian Heritage Register is a statutory register of historic places in South Australia.

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Southern school whiting

The southern school whiting, Sillago bassensis, (also known as the silver whiting or trawl whiting) is a common species of coastal marine fish of the smelt-whiting family that inhabits the south and south-west coasts of Australia.

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Spencer Gulf

The Spencer Gulf is the westernmost of two large inlets on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia, facing the Great Australian Bight.

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Squid

Squid are cephalopods of the two orders Myopsida and Oegopsida, which were formerly regarded as two suborders of the order Teuthida, however recent research shows Teuthida to be paraphyletic.

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Summer vacation

Summer vacation (also called summer holiday or summer break) is a school holiday in summer between school years and the break in the school year.

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Tide

Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun and the rotation of Earth.

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Tourism

Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours.

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Town

A town is a human settlement.

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Wallaroo, South Australia

Wallaroo is a port town on the western side of Yorke Peninsula in South Australia, northwest of Adelaide.

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Wheat

Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain which is a worldwide staple food.

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Whyalla

Whyalla, founded as "Hummocks Hill" and known by that name until 1916, is the third most populous city in the Australian state of South Australia after Adelaide and Mount Gambier.

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Wool

Wool is the textile fiber obtained from sheep and other animals, including cashmere and mohair from goats, qiviut from muskoxen, angora from rabbits, and other types of wool from camelids.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowell,_South_Australia

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