History of Ceduna

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which means a place to sit down and rest.  The west coast of South Australia, extending from Eyre Peninsula to the Great Australian Bight was inhabited by the Wirangu, Kokatha, and Nawu language groups and by 1920 the Kokatha had become the most prominent.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="456" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="239"><div> Winco Eclipse Tours, Inc.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Email: <A HREF="mailto:info@wincoeclipsetours.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:info@wincoeclipsetours.com"><U>info@wincoeclipsetours.com</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="239"><div> 35 Haynes Road     </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="206"><div> Tel:  617-630-0280</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> Newton Centre, MA USA 02459-2716</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="206"><div> Fax: 617-969-7930</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>