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Census 2016: Life in Australia's oldest and youngest towns
There are no hills in Tea Gardens, barely a single two-storey house and only 67 babies.
Eryk Bagshaw is an economics reporter for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, based in Parliament House
There are no hills in Tea Gardens, barely a single two-storey house and only 67 babies.
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