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AAP General News (Australia)
11-17-2000
Sub Antarctic rubbish on the way

Twenty-five tonnes of rubbish from a derelict sub-Antarctic Australian base will arrive
in Fremantle tomorrow.

The Australian Antarctic Division says the rubbish, to arrive on the ice-breaker Aurora
Australis, is a big part of a continuing clean-up of the old base on Heard island.

The waste includes the remains of derelict buildings and equipment and the accumulated
mess from more than 50 years of ...

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