Tarawa (CVA 40) - Naval Cruise Book

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,ll 1 i A 1, 1 1 fi .lf il l 'i ll li lil l l i above t Queen's College Laboratory at Melbourne University. Founded in 1853, with a l present enrollment of 6,000 students, Melbourne University is the second largest and second oldest ot A'ustralia's six universities. Scholarships, bursaries and government financial assistance to needy students put university education within the reach of all. l l lett l One of the largest sources ot income for people living near Melbourne is dairy tarm- ing. These cows are grazing i l .on a farm outside of Box Hill, i an outer suburb ot Melbourne. l

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1 tl left The intersection of Flinders Street ctnd Swctnston Street. The domed buildings in this photogroph is the Flinders Street Sto- tion, one of the busiest city terminczls in the world. below - Melbourne's Public Librory, Ncttionol Gctllery with the finest collection of pciintings in the Southern hemispherej ond the Ncttionol Museum occupy this Romon-styled building. left This photogrctph looks olong Elizabeth Street to the Flinders Street rctilwcty stcttion. 97

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