Guide to the Health Resorts in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. Centennial edition / edited and compiled by Ludwig Bruck.

Date:
1888
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Credit: Guide to the Health Resorts in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. Centennial edition / edited and compiled by Ludwig Bruck. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    Excursions : Waterworks Lake, covering an area of 1,200 acres (good shooting—wild duck and swan) ; Mount Campbell, 2,356 feet high. Doctor : Dr. H. G. H. Naylor. Hotels : The “ Caledonian,” the “ Criterion,” “Kean’s.” CHARLTON, Victoria, 173 miles (by rail) N.W. from Melbourne, and 148 miles from the coast, situated on the Avoca river, in an extensive agricultural district. The country is flat, and lightly timbered. The climate is remarkably warm, dry and equable ; no sudden changes of temperature ; the Winter is mild and short ; the average annual rainfall is 16-7 inches. A mineral spring, of supposed medicinal value, at Yawong (4m.) Post and Telegraph Office ; Mechanics’ Institute. Special Indications : All Chest Diseases, especially Phthisis, and Hydatids of Lung. Doctor : Dr. T. G. Beckett, who makes diseases of the chest his special study. Hotels : The “ East Charlton,” the “ Golden Fleece,” the “ Globe,” the “ Cricket Club,” the “ Vale of Avoca.” CHOWDER BAY, New South Wales, a favourite watering-place, prettily situated on the northern shore of Port Jackson, 6 miles (by steamer) from Sydney. Beach ; sea-bathing ; fishing. Pavilion, accommodating 2,000 persons. Hotel : The “ Marine,” overlooking the beautiful har- bour of Port Jackson, is most elaborately furnished, and replete with every convenience. CLARENDON, South Australia, 18 miles S.E. of Adelaide, on the Onkaparinga River, in a line vine-growing district. Adjoining this township is the celebrated Clarendon vineyard, situated at an elevation of nearly 800 feet above sea- level, and thickly planted with choice vines. The surrounding country is mountainous, with fine valleys and undulating flats ; scenery varied and beautiful. The mean annual rain-