62-670: The West Coast Sentinel is a weekly newspaper published Thursdays in Ceduna , South Australia. It was founded in mid-1912, and has been published continuously since then. It was later sold to Rural Press , previously owned by Fairfax Media , but now an Australian media company trading as Australian Community Media . The West Coast Sentinel (subtitled: "circulating throughout the Great West Coast. Eyre's Peninsula") began publication in Streaky Bay on Friday 28 June 1912. At
124-414: A mineral sands mine at Jacinth- Ambrosia which relies on Ceduna as a service town. A major residential development called Ceduna Waters was developed by Carramatta Holdings, a significant South Australian property developer in early 2010. Ceduna Waters is approximately 3 km from the town centre and is approximately 30% occupied as of May 2013. Prospectively, the development was projected to result in
186-648: A 25% stake in the voyage and they returned to Nantes on 8 December 1784. On 21 April 1785, he wrote to Benjamin Franklin requesting a recommendation to be accepted as a member of the Society of the Cincinnati . He signed his letter 'Commander of the private frigate Comte d'Angevilliers , Maison Peltier du Doyer quai de l'hôpital'. On 22 July 1785, the Baudin brothers bought Caroline , a ship of 200 tons, built by
248-675: A civilian frigate of 1,100 tons and 42 cannon, fitted out by Jean Peltier Dudoyer. He was to form part of the convoy which took the Legion of Luxembourg to strengthen the defence of the Dutch Cape Colony at the Cape of Good Hope . However, during a stopover in Brest, the Comte d'Hector decided he would appoint a man with more experience, Felix de Saint-Hilaire. Having returned to Nantes, and to
310-493: A claimed average weekly readership of 5,600. Like other Rural Press publications, the newspaper is also available online. Australian National Library carries images and text versions of the newspaper from 1912 to 1954, accessible using Trove , the on-line newspaper retrieval service. Ceduna, South Australia Ceduna ( / s ə ˈ dj uː n ə / sə- DEW -nə ) is a town in South Australia located on
372-704: A fur-trading venture to the north-west coast of America, but the ship foundered off Asuncion Island in the Northern Marianas Islands in late 1789. Baudin made his way to Mauritius, where he purchased a replacement ship, Jardinière II , but this vessel was wrecked in a cyclone that struck Port Louis on 15 December 1789. Baudin embarked on the Spanish Royal Philippines Company ship, Placeres , which sailed from Port Louis for Cadiz in August 1790. Placeres called at
434-413: A hard battle, Baudin escaped, but two other ships owned by Beaumarchais were captured. Reaching Saint-Domingue, the ship sank on 23 March 1783 at Puerto Plata, but the freight was saved. He negotiated for it and set off once again for Nantes on 23 April on Prince Royal , which he had bought on the spot. On 30 August he resold the boat, which in the meantime had become Union des 6 Frères , to Robert Pitot,
496-405: A key activity in the region. In recent years deep sea fishing and tuna fishing have attracted industries from Port Lincoln to the region. In 2012, BP commenced the ability to seek approval for oil drilling off the nearby Great Australian Bight . BP is currently investing $ 20 million into a study of the region's ecosystem and social and economic potential. Ceduna has a radio telescope that
558-648: A newly purchased ship, renamed Belle Angelique . The expedition returned to France in June 1798 with a large collection of plants, birds and insects , which was incorporated into Bonaparte's triumphal procession, on 27 July, celebrating his recent Italian victories. On the recommendation of the Naval Minister to the Directory, Baudin was reinstated into the navy with the rank of Chief of Staff to Admiral Bruix , who at his request, granted to Marie-Etienne Peltier
620-478: A search for fauna and flora that could be brought back for cultivation in France. The expedition would also have the aim of promoting the economic and commercial interests of France in the regions to be visited. The expedition would require two well-equipped ships, which would carry a team of astronomers, naturalists and scientific draughtsmen over whom Baudin as commander would have absolute authority. The first part of
682-535: A ship equipped by Jean Peltier Dudoyer. Officially it was heading for Saint-Domingue , but in fact the destination was Nova Scotia. However the vessel was shipwrecked at Liverpool, Nova Scotia . Baudin was wounded, taken prisoner by the British on 24 April 1778 and interned in Halifax , Canada. After one month, he escaped with 10 other prisoners and hid among the friendly communities of Acadia . Appointed captain of
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#1732786597811744-591: A shipbuilder from the Isle de France who had just been freed from an English prison, and established himself as a trader in Bordeaux. The insurance company reimbursed Beaumarchais through his shipbuilder Peltier Dudoyer. On 16 April 1784, Baudin left once more for Saint-Domingue on Comte d'Angevillier , 1,000 tons with eight cannon, and built by Jean Peltier. He was still accompanied by his brother Alexandre Baudin as first mate. They were now 29 and 27 years old. Baudin had
806-776: A sister publication, the Peninsula Farmer , in conjunction with the Port Lincoln Times . Alongside many other rural publications in Australia, the newspaper was a member of Fairfax Media Limited . The newspaper is published every Thursday, a print run of approximately 3,000 copies which are sold across the Eyre Peninsula and Far West including: Ceduna , Streaky Bay, Wudinna, Elliston, Yalata , Nundroo, Penong, Thevenard, Smoky Bay, Port Kenny, Venus Bay, Wirrulla, Poochera, Minnipa, and Kyancutta. It has
868-707: A storm while attempting to enter Table Bay at the Cape of Good Hope. Baudin survived the wreck and made his way to the US, from where he went to France. As the Cape had been occupied by the English in June 1795, Baudin went back to New England. On 23 November 1795, he set sail from New York as a passenger on board the American ship, Ocean , under the command of Captain Vredemburgh and also accompanied by General de Rochambeau ,
930-619: A subtitle that read "A Weekly Paper alive to the needs of the West Coast." and a subtitle that read: "The only paper published on the great West Coast of S.A." In 1930, due to pressures from the Great Depression, the newspaper absorbed the Western Mail (13 July 1928 - 25 December 1930), which was printed by A.C. Lawrie. In addition, the newspaper also printed the short-lived Eyre Peninsula Rural Chronicle (1987–1990), and
992-546: A suite of nine zoologists and botanists, including Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour . Baudin left Le Havre on 19 October 1800, stopped off in Santa Cruz de Tenerife , then sailed straight to the Ile de France arriving on 15 March 1801, 145 days later. The over-long voyage, with early rationing, left sailors and scientists feeling discouraged, but the colony was happy to build up the crews in case of conflict and to make use of
1054-562: Is a jetty for walking, fishing and small boats. In the 2011 census , the Ceduna urban area had a population of 2,289, and the Ceduna council area a population of 3,480. Ceduna has a number of Indigenous homelands situated within 20–30 minutes of the town. The council area has 911 Aboriginal residents who make up 24.8% of residents, the highest proportion of Aboriginal people of all local government areas in South Australia. Ceduna
1116-443: Is a local Aboriginal Wirangu word, alternatively phoneticized as Chedoona , thought to mean a place to sit down and rest. The town is a fishing port and a railway hub. The Wirangu people once lived over the area including Ceduna. Sea level rise 18,000 to 7,500 years ago completely displaced inhabitants of previous coastal areas and resulted in dramatic changes in distributions of peoples. Matthew Flinders , on his voyage in
1178-787: Is also a service centre for a number of Aboriginal communities in adjacent unincorporated areas. Very few of the indigenous inhabitants of Ceduna speak the local Wirangu language . As the regional service town, Ceduna attracts people from many indigenous groups in western South Australia. The Far West Languages Centre (FWLC) was established in 2006 to maintain three local Endangered languages including Wirangu, along with Mirning and Kokatha . The two schools in Ceduna are Ceduna Area School (CAS) and Crossways Lutheran School. CAS has approximately 600 students, from Reception to Year 12, with approximately 25% of Indigenous students. Crossways has around 150 students from Reception to Year 10, approximately 80% of whom are Indigenous. Iluka Resources developed
1240-631: Is integrated into the CSIRO radio telescope network. Telstra donated the dish to the University of Tasmania in 1996 for use as a radio astronomy observatory. It is still in active use. Ceduna is also a hub for research on southern bluefin tuna and is ideally located data collection through methods including aerial spotting. Ceduna's annual Oysterfest is a major attraction held on the South Australia Labour Day long weekend. It
1302-496: Is located 200 km north west of Ceduna. According to the 2021 census of Population, there were 1959 people in Ceduna. The town is the last major settlement before crossing the Nullarbor Plain from east to west. It is set on Murat Bay and the sandy coves, sheltered bays and offshore islands of the bay make it a popular base for a beach holiday. The foreshore at Ceduna is lined with Norfolk Island pine trees. There
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#17327865978111364-531: Is now operated remotely and used as a radio astronomy observatory by the University of Tasmania . On 4 December 2002, Ceduna received international attention when the path of totality of a solar eclipse passed directly over the town. Though the day had at times been partly cloudy, and although mere kilometres away in Thevenard the view was still clouded over, the southwestern sky where the Sun and Moon were located
1426-590: Is the wettest month. The average yearly precipitation is just under 300mm at the coast and diminishes northward into the interior, becoming increasingly arid . Goyder's Line , which demarcates the edge of the area where rainfall is generally sufficient to support agriculture, starts near Ceduna. On 19 December 2019, the maximum temperature of 48.9 °C was recorded. Nicolas Baudin Nicolas Thomas Baudin ( French: [nikɔla bodɛ̃] ; 17 February 1754 – 16 September 1803)
1488-618: The Investigator , anchored in Fowlers Bay on 28 January 1802. He went on to explore the coast and named Denial Bay , Smoky Bay and the islands of Nuyts Archipelago . He was disappointed to find no river and gave the name Denial Bay because of the deceptive hope we had formed of penetrating by it some distance into the interior of the country . French expedition leader Nicolas Baudin visited Murat Bay after meeting with Flinders and named it after Joachim Murat . He also named
1550-509: The National Highway its traffic flow is over 240,000 vehicles a year. The township has five caravan parks, four motels and one accommodating hotel. The tourism industry is driven by the nearby conservation parks, beaches and fishing opportunities. Ceduna experiences a cold semi-arid climate ( Köppen: BSk , Trewartha: BSal ), with warm, dry summers; mild to warm, dry springs and autumns; and mild, relatively dry winters. June
1612-627: The Canaries in a replacement vessel, Fanny , and reached Trinidad in April 1797. The British, who had just captured the island from the Spanish in February 1797, refused to allow Baudin to recover the collection of natural-history specimens. Baudin took Fanny to St. Thomas and St. Croix , and then to Puerto Rico , specimens being collected in all three islands. At St Croix, Fanny was replaced by
1674-665: The Cape of Good Hope Jardinière sailed across the Indian Ocean to the coast of New Holland (Australia), but two consecutive cyclones prevented the expedition from doing any work there and forced Baudin to take the ship to Bombay for repairs. From Bombay the expedition proceeded to the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea and the east coast of Africa, where it gathered botanical and zoological collections. The expedition came to an abrupt end in June 1794 when Jardinière went aground in
1736-627: The Cape of Good Hope where it took on board the large number of plant and animal specimens collected in South Africa for the Imperial palace at Schönbrunn by Georg Scholl , the assistant of Franz Boos . Because of the poor condition of the ship, Placeres had to put in at the island of Trinidad in the West Indies, where Scholl's collection of specimens was deposited. Baudin proceeded to Martinique , from where he addressed an offer to
1798-571: The Executor of his will Citizen Louis Peltier (brother of Jean Peltier Dudoyer), Judge of the Court of Appeal of this colony, to whom he entrusts the execution of the present document wishing and expecting that his goods be distrained in accordance with usual custom." A number of monuments have been established around Australia, including eight at various locations around Western Australia. In Western Australia, there are many places that bear names from
1860-513: The French government decided to proceed with an expedition confined to a survey of western and southern New Holland. In October 1800, Baudin was selected by Bonaparte, whose wife Josephine had something of a fascination with Australia, to lead what has become known as the Baudin expedition to map the coast of New Holland. He had two ships, Géographe and Naturaliste captained by Hamelin , and
1922-753: The Governor of Saint Lucia, the French Consul in Boston and a colonial trader from Saint-Domingue, Jean Baptiste Rivière de la Souchère (known as Souchère-Rivière). They arrived in Le Havre on 21 December 1795. Baudin believed that he was expected and offered his services and his talents. He wrote to the Minister to give notice of his imminent arrival in Paris. He would have been somewhat disappointed had he seen
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1984-499: The Imperial flag to the Indian Ocean and China, and in January 1792 he was granted a commission of captain in the Imperial navy for this purpose. A ship, called Jardinière , was acquired and the botanists Franz Bredemeyer and Joseph van der Schot appointed to the expedition. After delays caused by the outbreak of war between France and Austria (April 1792), Jardinière departed from the Spanish port of Málaga on 1 October 1792. From
2046-809: The Imperial government in Vienna to conduct to Canton commissioners who would be empowered to negotiate with the Chinese merchants there a settlement of the debts incurred by the Imperial Asiatic Company, which would enable the company to renew its trade with China. On its return voyage from Canton, the proposed expedition would call at the Cape of Good Hope to pick up Scholl and the remainder of his natural-history collection for conveyance to Schönbrunn. After returning to Vienna in September 1791, Baudin continued to press his case for an expedition under
2108-593: The Thébaudière brothers. He was to take the last Acadians to Louisiana. He was a few months behind his brother Alexandre who was captain of Saint Remy , built by Jean Peltier Dudoyer. In La Nouvelle Orléans local merchants contracted him to take a cargo of wood, salted meat, cod and flour to Isle de France (now Mauritius ), which he did in Josephine (also called Pepita ), departing New Orleans on 14 July 1786 and arriving at Isle de France on 27 March 1787. In
2170-533: The annoyance of Beaumarchais, the owner of the vessel, Baudin's uncle entrusted him with the command of Aimable Eugenie , a ship of 600 tons, to go to Saint-Domingue and then to the US. He went back to Bordeaux and left the Gironde on 9 December 1782 as part of a convoy of five merchant vessels. Three days later, in the Action of 12 December 1782 , the convoy was attacked by an English ship, HMS Mediator . After
2232-593: The area and recommended that the necessary surveys be started at once. In 1889 the Government in Adelaide formalised the Far West with survey lines. In June 1901, the town of Ceduna was proclaimed. For many years, locals called the township Murat Bay and it was not until the railways came and called the siding Ceduna in 1915 that locals adopted the name. The Ceduna Jetty was built in 1902. The Tod Water pipeline
2294-522: The chief zoologist and intellectual leader of the mission, wrote a report for Bonaparte on ways to invade and capture the colony. Realising that Géographe could not venture into some of the shallow waters along the Australian coast that he was intending to survey, he bought a new ship, Casuarina , named after the wood it was made from, and placed it under the command of Louis de Freycinet , who would, 15 years later, make his own circumnavigation of
2356-463: The coastline, in Encounter Bay in present-day South Australia . Baudin then stopped at the British colony at Sydney for supplies, and from there he sent home Naturaliste , carrying all of the specimens that had been collected by both ships up to that time. According to recent research by academics from the University of Adelaide , during Baudin's expedition, François Péron , who had become
2418-656: The collection of plant specimens he had gathered there and at the Cape back to Europe, which Baudin did, with Josephine arriving at Trieste on 18 June 1788. The Imperial government in Vienna was contemplating organizing another natural-history expedition, to which Boos would be appointed, in which two ships would be sent to the Malabar and Coromandel coasts of India, the Persian Gulf, Bengal, Ceylon, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Cochin China, Tongking, Japan, and China. Baudin had been given reason to hope that he would be given command of
2480-630: The collection of specimens he had left in Trinidad. The museum and the French government accepted the proposal, and Baudin was appointed commander of an expedition in Belle Angélique, with four assigned botanists: René Maugé , André Pierre Ledru, Anselme Riedlé and Stanislas Levillain. Belle Angélique cleared Le Havre on 30 September 1796 for the Canary Islands, where the ship was condemned as unseaworthy. The expedition sailed from
2542-690: The command of a corsair, the Virginie . Baudin joined Bruix on Océan , on which Bruix was in charge of the squadron which resupplied Genoa. On 24 July 1798, at the suggestion of the Ministry of Marine , Baudin presented to the Assembly of Professors and Administrators of the National Museum of Natural History a plan for a hydrographic-survey expedition to the South Seas , which would include
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2604-641: The course of the voyage, Josephine had called at Cap‑Français in Haiti to make a contract to transport slaves there from Madagascar; while in Haiti he also encountered the Austrian botanist Franz Joseph Märter, who apparently informed him that another Austrian botanist, Franz Boos , was at the Cape of Good Hope awaiting a ship to take him to Mauritius. Josephine called at the Cape and took Boos on board. At Mauritius, Boos chartered Baudin to transport him and
2666-521: The growth of the population of Ceduna by over 10%. The development will allow for the provision of additional residential accommodation in Ceduna to meet the needs of workers at the Jacinth-Ambrosia mine. The Thevenard port of Ceduna is a high-frequency deep sea port which exports grain , salt , mineral sand and gypsum , all which are found within the local region. Aquaculture remains a major industry in Ceduna with pacific oyster growing
2728-467: The hinterland was 'waterless', thereby stalling European interest. There was a whaling station on nearby St Peter Island during the 1850s before settlement. The Commissioner of Crown Lands, faced with widespread agitation to open West Coast lands for agricultural settlement, invited three farmers in July 1887 to inspect the lands between Streaky Bay and Western Australia . They were optimistic about
2790-888: The historian Auguste Toussaint believed that he was interred in the Kerivel family vault. However, the historian Edward Duyker likes to think that Baudin was buried in Le Cimetière de l’Ouest in the district of Port Louis , "just a few hundred metres from the explorer’s certain love: the sea". These were his last wishes: "He gives and bequeaths to citizen Augustin Baudin, his brother, currently in India, his silver marine watch, his night telescope and an 'Oriental Neptune'. He gives and bequeaths to Citizen Ronsin, wife of Citizen Louis Peltier, his porcelain from Saxony and Chantilly, consisting of three services, one of twelve cups, one of six and one of two pieces plus his gold watch. He names as
2852-442: The little note at the top of the letter 'Could Bonneville please tell me if he knows Captain Baudin and for which mission he was responsible?' He managed to send Jardinière ' s cargo of natural history specimens to the island of Trinidad . In Paris, Baudin visited Antoine de Jussieu at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris in March 1796 to suggest a botanical voyage to the Caribbean, during which he would recover
2914-410: The merchant navy as an apprentice ( pilotin ) at the age of 15; he was then "of average height with brown hair". He then joined the French East India Company at the age of 20 on Flamand . He returned from India on L'Étoile and arrived at Lorient . At the beginning of 1778, he was to set sail from Nantes on Lion as second lieutenant. It was a ship equipped by his uncle, Jean Peltier Dudoyer, at
2976-437: The new skills they brought with them. The expedition reached Australia in May 1801, and explored and mapped the western coast, and a part of the little-known southern coast of the continent. The scientific endeavour proved a great success, with more than 2,500 new species discovered. The French also met Aboriginal peoples and treated them with great respect. In April 1802, Baudin met Matthew Flinders , also engaged in charting
3038-406: The point of Thevenard after the Admiral and Minister of Marine Antoine-Jean-Marie Thevenard , and Decres Bay after Denis Decres , duke of the First French Empire . The first European exploration of the hinterland was during August–September 1839 by John Hill and Samuel Stephens , using the chartered brig Rapid as a base. Hill reported to Governor Gawler that although the bay was 'valuable',
3100-420: The request of the Americans , which would become a privateer and be renamed Deane . At first the Minister for the Navy was against it, but he finally changed his mind and authorised the departure, as France had signed a treaty with the United States on 6 February. Since the atmosphere between the French and American crews on Lion became unbearable, Baudin was assigned by Lamotte-Picquet to Duc de Choiseul ,
3162-402: The request of the Comte d'Argout, the Governor of Saint-Domingue. He returned to France on board the frigate Minerve , under the command of Captain de Grimouard, who was later guillotined at Rochefort under the Convention. Back in France, he was appointed captain at the admiralty of La Rochelle on 2 March 1780 and was to sail in merchant ships. At the age of 27 he was named captain of Apollon ,
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#17327865978113224-415: The ships of this expedition. Later in 1788, Baudin sailed on a commercial voyage from Trieste to Canton in Jardinière . He apparently arrived at Canton from Mauritius under the flag of the US, probably to avoid the possibility of having his ship seized by the Chinese for payment of the debts owed them by the Imperial Asiatic Company of Trieste. From there, he sent Jardinière under her second captain on
3286-409: The shores of Murat Bay on the coast, west of the Eyre Peninsula . It lies west of the junction of the Flinders and Eyre Highways around 786 km northwest of Adelaide . The nearby port of Thevenard lies 3 km to the west on Cape Thevenard. It is in the District Council of Ceduna , the federal electoral Division of Grey , and the state electoral district of Flinders . The name Ceduna
3348-406: The time, its publishers hoped that the paper's reach would extend beyond its initial region stating, "...although the journal is to be published at Streaky Bay it will serve the whole West Coast, and endeavor to safeguard interests and foster development of the smallest, equally the largest town or settlement". On 25 April 1925, the title of the newspaper was simplified to West Coast Sentinel , with
3410-414: The transport vessel Amphitrite , he was sunk by the English 160 nautical miles (290 km) out to sea, rescued in a rowing boat and made his way to Cape Cod and then Boston. As captain of Revanche , 400 tons, equipped by Jeange and sons of Bordeaux, with 30 men and 12 cannon, he was retaken by the English outside Cap-Français , heading for Boston. He was taken to Jamaica as a prisoner, then exchanged at
3472-490: The voyage would be devoted to a thorough exploration of the coast of Chile and the collection of animal, bird and plant specimens suitable for acclimatization in France, followed by a survey of the coasts from Peru to Mexico. The expedition would then continue into the Pacific Ocean, including a visit to Tahiti and the Society Islands, and would be completed with a survey of the yet unexplored south-west coast of New Holland (Australia). After considering this extensive proposal,
3534-405: The world in the corvette l'Uranie . He then headed back to Tasmania , before continuing along the southern and western coasts of Australia to Timor , mapping as he went. In very poor health, he then turned for home. Baudin died of tuberculosis at Mauritius on 16 September 1803, at the age of 49, apparently in the home of Madame Alexandrine Kerivel. Baudin's exact resting place is not known, but
3596-400: Was a French explorer, cartographer, naturalist and hydrographer, most notable for his explorations in Australia and the southern Pacific . He carried a few corms of Gros Michel banana from Southeast Asia , depositing them at a botanical garden on the Caribbean island of Martinique . Born a commoner in Saint-Martin-de-Ré on the Île de Ré on 17 February 1754, Nicolas Baudin joined
3658-411: Was a key setting for the factual drama Black and White although the township was not used as a filming location. In 2012 Ceduna was featured in the independent feature film Nullarbor Nymph which achieved cult status around the country. The Cashless Welfare Card began a trial there in March 2016, attracting media attention. Ceduna is known as the gateway to the Nullarbor Plain and being on
3720-482: Was clear from Ceduna itself at the time of the total solar eclipse, late in the afternoon. In the 2007/2008 State Budget, Premier Mike Rann (who had opened the new Ceduna TAFE campus in the early 1990s) announced a commitment of $ 36 million for Stage 1 of the Ceduna Hospital Redevelopment. It was opened in 2011. In February 2010 Premier Mike Rann opened the world's largest mineral sands mine, Jacinth-Ambrosia Mine , operated by Iluka Resources . The $ 390 million mine
3782-426: Was established in 1991. Attracting over 6000 people, it celebrates the oyster industry in the clean waters of SA's far-west coast, with a wide variety of activities, including a gala dinner, celebrity chefs, live concerts, children's amusements and a street parade. The finale is marked by a fireworks display. Ceduna was used as a major filming location for the 1997 film Kiss or Kill starring Frances O'Connor . It
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#17327865978113844-440: Was officially opened by Mr M McIntosh, Commissioner of Public Works, June 1928. Ceduna was the site of a major satellite telecommunications facility operated by the Overseas Telecommunications Commission . It was a major employer in the town until made redundant by technological change. It was built in 1969 and by 1984 almost half of Australia's International telecommunication traffic passed through Ceduna's Earth Station. The dish
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