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Maitland

(Encyclopedia)Maitland, city (2016 pop. 77,305), New South Wales, SE Australia, on the Hunter River. It is a railroad junction and agricultural center with light manufacturing. Maitland began as a convict settlemen...

Blue Mountains, Australia

(Encyclopedia)Blue Mountains, region of New South Wales, SE Australia. Located W of Sydney, this elevation is actually a plateau forming part of the Great Dividing Range. ...

Dolgellau

(Encyclopedia)Dolgellau dôlgĕthˈlī, –gĕlˈī [key], town, Gwynedd, W Wales, on the Whion Riv...

Ferguson, Sir Samuel

(Encyclopedia)Ferguson, Sir Samuel, 1810–86, Irish poet and antiquary. Ogham Inscriptions in Ireland, Wales, and Scotland (1887) is his best-known work on Irish antiquities. His major poetic works, which deal wit...

Prince Edward Island, University of

(Encyclopedia)Prince Edward Island, University of, at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada; provincially supported; coeducational; founded 1969 with the merger of Prince of Wales College (est. 1834) and St. ...

Usk

(Encyclopedia)Usk, river, c.60 mi (100 km) long, rising in the Black Mts., S Wales and flowing generally SE to Bristol Channel near Newport. The upper Usk is noted for its beauty and its excellent fishing. It is th...

bard

(Encyclopedia)bard, in Wales, term originally used to refer to the order of minstrel-poets who composed and recited the poems that celebrated the feats of Celtic chieftains and warriors. The term bard in present-da...

Penarth

(Encyclopedia)Penarth pĕnärthˈ [key], town (1991 pop. 20,545), Vale of Glamorgan, S Wales. It is a suburb of Cardiff and a seaside resort. Turner House Art Gallery is in Penarth. ...

Hunter Valley

(Encyclopedia)Hunter Valley, region of New South Wales, SE Australia. The Hunter River and its tributaries occupy this valley S of the Mt. Royal Range. The land in the upper valley is used for livestock grazing, da...

Haverfordwest

(Encyclopedia)Haverfordwest hăvˌərfərdwĕstˈ [key], Welsh Hwlffordd, town (1981 pop. 9,936), Pembrokeshire, SW Wales, on the Western Cleddau River. It is a market town. A notable 13th-century church stands the...