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Eastern Highlands, c.2,400 mi (3,860 km) long, general name for the mountains and plateaus roughly paralleling the east and southeast coasts of Australia (including Tasmania) and forming the Continental Divide (see Great Dividing Range Great Dividing Range, crest line of the Eastern Highlands of Australia. For the most part it separates rivers draining into the Pacific Ocean from those flowing into the Indian Ocean and the Arafura Sea.
..... Click the link for more information. ); rises to Mt. Kosciusko (7,316 ft/2,230 m), Australia's highest peak. Rugged, with many gorges and few gaps, the Eastern Highlands long hindered westward expansion of British settlement. The slopes are covered with eucalyptus forests. Rich in minerals, the highlands contain most of Australia's coalfields; gold, copper, tin, oil, and natural gas are also extracted. The southern part of the region is a popular winter resort area. Major segments of the system are the Australian Alps Australian Alps, chain of mountain ranges, SE Australia, making up the southern part of the Eastern Highlands and forming the watershed between the Murray River system and streams flowing into the Tasman Sea. It is the site of the Snowy Mts. hydroelectric project. Mt.
..... Click the link for more information. , the New England Range, and the Blue Mts 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.
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No references found	Shops in Madang on the north coast and Goroka in Eastern Highlands province of the Pacific nation were ransacked by mobs of men, women and children, The National newspaper said. Looting of Chinese shops spreads in PNG by AFP / AFP Asian Edition Householders in Aberdeenshire, the eastern Highlands, Orkney and Shetland were bracing themselves for snow and 50mph northerly winds. SCOTS BRACED FOR A WHITE EASTER by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) Particular attention is paid to clans located in the central and eastern Highlands. Kinship and clientage; Highland clanship, 1451-1609 by Reference & Research Book News	Easter Rising Easter sepulcher Easter-egging easterly easterly wave eastern Eastern Air Lines, Inc. Eastern Alps Eastern American Subregion Eastern Asia Eastern Bantoid Languages Eastern Cape Eastern Carpathians Eastern Caucasus Eastern Church Eastern closet eastern crown Eastern Desert Eastern Empire eastern equine encephalitis Eastern European Mutual Assistance Treaty Eastern European Platform Eastern Ghats Eastern Hemisphere Eastern hemlock Eastern Highlands Eastern Ice Sheet Eastern Indian bronze Eastern method Eastern Michigan University Eastern Mountains Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge Eastern Orthodoxy Eastern Pacific Geosynclinal Belt Eastern Pact Eastern Plain Eastern Pomeranian Operation of 1945 Eastern Pontic Mountains Eastern Question eastern red cedar Eastern rite church Eastern Rumelia Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge Eastern Siberia Eastern Siberia Economic Region Eastern Siberian Railroad Eastern States Exposition Eastern Stick style Eastern Taurus Eastern Test Range Eastern Townships	Eastern Great Lakes and Midwest Biblical Societies Eastern Great Lakes Fiber Conference Eastern Greenbrier Middle School Eastern Grey Kangaroo Eastern Grey Kangaroo Eastern Grey Squirrel eastern ground snake Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society Eastern Gulf of Mexico Eastern Habitat Joint Ventures Eastern Han Eastern Han Eastern Han Eastern Han Dynasty Eastern Han Dynasty Eastern Han Dynasty Eastern Hancock Eastern Harbour Tunnel Eastern Health and Social Services Board Eastern Health and Social Services Council Eastern Health Board Eastern Heartland Earth Institute Eastern Heating & Cooling Council eastern hemisphere eastern hemisphere eastern hemisphere eastern hemlock eastern hemlock eastern hemlock Eastern High School Hockey League Eastern Highlands Eastern Highlands Health District Eastern Highlands Province Eastern Hills Baptist Church Eastern Hills Catchment Management Project Eastern Hills Friends Newsletter Eastern Hills High School Eastern Hockey League Eastern Hog-nosed Skunk Eastern Home Shopping Eastern hop hornbeam Eastern Hophornbeam Eastern Hophornbeam Eastern Human Economic Development Centre Eastern Hunter Association Eastern Ice Sheet Eastern Idaho Community Action Partnership Eastern Idaho Community Reuse Organization Eastern Idaho Economic Development Council Eastern Idaho Engineering Council Eastern Idaho Interagency Fire Center Eastern Idaho Paint Horse Club Eastern Idaho Photographic Society Eastern Idaho Railroad Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center Eastern Idaho Special Services Agency, Inc.

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Shops in Madang on the north coast and Goroka in Eastern Highlands province of the Pacific nation were ransacked by mobs of men, women and children, The National newspaper said.