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  2. Carisbrook stone arrangement - Wikipedia

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    The Carisbrook stone arrangement is a well-preserved Aboriginal stone arrangement in Victoria, Australia. It measures 60 by 5 metres (197 by 16 ft) and is one of only four stone arrangements in the state and the only one of a boomerang design. It is located about 5 km south-east of the town of Carisbrook, on the banks of Tullaroop Creek.

  3. List of sandstones - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of types of sandstone that have been or are used economically as natural stone for building and other commercial or artistic purposes. Trans-regional [ edit ]

  4. Esperance Stonehenge - Wikipedia

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    Esperance Stonehenge is a full-sized replica of Stonehenge, in Esperance, Western Australia. It was built from 137 locally quarried stones of up to 50 tonnes (55 tons), and is aligned to the summer and winter solstices. [1] It is designed to be a copy of the original, intact Stonehenge from c. 2000 BC, rather than the currently extant ruins. [2]

  5. Tensioned stone - Wikipedia

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    "Imagine crane masts, bridges or space frames like the Eden Centre and Stadium Australia being formed with stone elements instead of steel. With a world-saving 75 per cent carbon reduction, inherent durability and fire resistance, we can put waste stone to use and make some really pretty structures."-Steve Webb [60]

  6. Sydney sandstone - Wikipedia

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    The stone was still appreciated in the 20th century. In 1938, for example, appreciation of the stone prompted criticism of proposals to use brick in Sydney especially in ecclesiastical architecture. "It Is doubtful if any country in the world has a building stone more perfectly suited for church building than our Sydney sandstone, even for the ...

  7. Artificial stone - Wikipedia

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    Artificial stone is a name for various synthetic stone products produced from the 18th century onward. Uses include statuary, architectural details, fencing and rails, building construction, civil engineering work, and industrial applications such as grindstones .

  8. Aboriginal stone arrangement - Wikipedia

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    Particularly fine examples are in Victoria, where the stones can be very large (up to 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) high). For example, the stone arrangement at Wurdi Youang consists of about 100 stones arranged in an egg-shaped oval about 50 metres (160 ft) across. Each stone is well-embedded into the soil, and many have "trigger-stones" to support them.

  9. List of rocks in Western Australia, O-S - Wikipedia

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    This list includes all gazetted rocks, boulders, pinnacles, crags, needles, pillars, rock formations, and tors in Western Australia, both inland and offshore. It does not include monoliths gazetted as mounts or hills, such as Mount Augustus. It is complete with respect to the 1996 Gazetteer of Australia. [1]