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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Kangaroo Island, Seven Hills, New South Wales, Soldier settlement, Matraville, New South Wales, Hillston, New South Wales, Stirling, Western Australia, Murray Bridge, South Australia, Mortlake, Victoria, Batlow, New South Wales, Joe Lawson, Dorrigo, New South Wales, Trawalla, Victoria, Yarrowitch, New South Wales, Hillsdale, New South Wales, Barmera, South Australia, Simpson, Victoria, Kentucky, New South Wales, Wollert, Victoria, Merbein, Victoria, Dareton, New South Wales, Colignan, Victoria, Yarroweyah, Victoria, Cecil Plains, Queensland, Glossop, South Australia, Nangiloc, Victoria, Parndana, South Australia, Monash, South Australia, Waikerie, South Australia, Patchewollock, Victoria, Karlgarin, Western Australia, Iraak, Victoria, Tullakool, New South Wales, El Arish, Queensland, Matraville Soldiers' Settlement Public School, Lemnos, Victoria. Excerpt: Kangaroo Island is Australia's third-largest island after Tasmania and Melville Island. It is 112 kilometres (70 mi) southwest of Adelaide at the entrance of Gulf St Vincent. Its closest point to the mainland is 13 kilometres (8 mi) off Cape Jervis, on the tip of the Fleurieu Peninsula in the state of South Australia. The island is 150 km (93 mi) long and between 900 m (980 yd) and 57 km (35 mi) wide, its area covering 4,405 km (1,701 sq mi). Its coastline is 540 kilometres (340 mi) long and highest altitude is 307 m (1,010 ft). It is separated from Yorke Peninsula to the northwest by Investigator Strait and from Cape Jervis to the northeast by Backstairs Passage. Kangaroo Island was separated from mainland Australia by a rise in sea level over 9,000 years ago. Stone tools found suggest that Aboriginal people occupied the land at least 11,000 years ago; it is supposed that they disappeared in 200 BC. Theories about the cause include disease and inbreeding, warfare...
