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Roma, Australia

Roma is a town of Waldegrave[?] county, Queensland, Australia, 515 km (318 miles) by rail W.N.W. of Brisbane. It is the centre of a rich pastoral and wheat-growing district, in which oranges and vines are largely grown and much wine is produced. The town was incorporated in 1867. Flour-milling is its chief industry.

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