Natural Phenomenon
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| The fairway was the name commonly given to the main channel of a river, river estuary or port entrance in which vessels were required to sail. The main channel of the river Thames beyond Gravesend was commonly referred to as 'the Fairway' in eighteenth-century ship's logs and journals. |
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Published by South Seas, 1 February 2004 Comments, questions, corrections and additions: Paul.Turnbull@jcu.edu.au Prepared by: Paul Turnbull Updated: 28 June 2004 To cite this page use: http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-ss-biogs-P000014 |