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Cossack
Cossack, a seaport town originally known as Tientsin (from the name of the vessel which first carried stock to the north-west) and later as Port Walcott, received its present designation from HMS Cossack, which carried Governor Weld on a visit along the west shore of Port Walcott, and is some nine miles from Roebourne, with which it is connected by a tramway. A further tramline connects Cossack with Point Sampson, about four miles away, where a long jetty has been erected for the convenience of those shipping stock. The anchorage at Cossack is an open roadstead, and vessels over 200 tons are unable to come alongside the jetty. Larger boats have to discharge the cargo into lighters. The town possesses some substantially built public buildings, two hotels, and an assembly hall. The solidity of the buildings is a matter of necessity, as the fierce storms which sweep along the coast at intervals make short work of flimsy structures. The port is regularly visited by steamers running between Fremantle and the northwest ports and Singapore, and the inhabitants of the town, numbering about seventy whites and over a hundred aliens, are thus kept in constant communication with the capital.
References and Links
Battye, J.S. 1912-13, The Cyclopedia of Western Australia, Cyclopedia Co., Perth., from whence the above.
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