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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: 24. Chapters: People from Geraldton, Western Australia, Suburbs of Geraldton, Western Australia, Ronald Wilson, Geoff Gallop, Jennifer Reilly, John Sanderson, Harry Taylor, Chris Mainwaring, Bertie Johnston, Arthur Griffith, Tasma Walton, Ben Pepper, John Willcock, Randolph Stow, Xavier Herbert, Edmund Hall, Todd Pearson, Kenneth Richard Norris, Albert Wolff, Terry Mills, Robert Hutchinson, Craig Burrows, TransGeraldton, Brett Sheehan, Mount Tarcoola, Western Australia, Tarcoola Beach, Western Australia, Bluff Point, Western Australia, Strathalbyn, Western Australia, Beachlands, Western Australia, Charles Wittenoom, Rangeway, Western Australia, Beresford, Western Australia, Wandina, Western Australia, Karloo, Western Australia, Mahomets Flats, Western Australia, Sunset Beach, Western Australia, West End, Western Australia, Woorree, Western Australia, Spalding, Western Australia, Drummond Cove, Western Australia, Narngulu, Western Australia, Glenfield, Western Australia, Webberton, Western Australia, Utakarra, Western Australia, Deepdale, Western Australia, Moresby, Western Australia, Wonthella, Western Australia, Waggrakine, Western Australia, Meru, Western Australia, Rudds Gully, Western Australia, Murray Criddle. Excerpt: Geraldton is a city and port in Western Australia located 424 kilometres (263 mi) north of Perth in the Mid West region. At the 2006 census, Geraldton has a population of 27,420, making it the fourth-largest city in Western Australia. Today the city is an important centre for mining, fishing, wheat, sheep and tourism. Though many European maritime explorers encountered or were even wrecked on the Houtman Abrolhos islands 60 kilometres (37 mi) west of Geraldton in the 17th and 18th centuries, there seems to be no evidence that any made landfall near the site of the current town. The first European to explore t...
