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Georgica

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Overview

Georgica is a locality in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. It sits within the City of Lismore local government area and is located 25.2 kilometres (15.7 mi) north of Lismore. In the 2021 census it had a population of 240 people.

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Notable quotes

“Hic ver adsiduum, atque alienis mensibus aestas.”
— Here is eternal spring, and summer in months not her own.
“Collectumque premens volvit sub naribus ignem.”
— And snorting rolls beneath his nostrils the gathered fire.
“Sed fugit interea, fugit irreparabile tempus.”
— But time meanwhile is flying, flying beyond recall.
“Tantus amor florum et generandi gloria mellis.”
— So deep is their love of flowers and their glory in begetting honey.
“Illa / flet noctem...maestis late loca questibus implet.”
— She weeps all night long, ... filling the region round with sad laments.
“Charmed with the foolish whistling of a name.”
— Abraham Cowley, A Translation out of Virgil, Georg. Lib. II. 458. Compare: "Ravished with the whistling of a name", Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man, Epistle IV, line 283.

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