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Sale is a city in the Australia n state of Victoria , in Wellington Shire . It has a population of around 14,000. Sale is also home to a large Military Airfield . RAAF Base East Sale is home to the renowned RAAF aerobatic team, the Roulettes , and up until early 2005 the main NavTrain in the south of Australia. The town is mostly devoted to servicing the smaller Farming communities in the surrounding area, both through its large shopping area and three high schools (Sale College (public), Sale Catholic College (private) and Gippsland Grammar School (private Anglican)), along with many primary school's including St. Thomas', Araluen Primary and Sale '545' Primary. Sale is also home to the Sale Regional Art Gallery, Gippsland Base Hospital, St. Marys' Cathedral and the Fulham Correctional Centre . Previously, Sale was significant as an office center for the Esso corporation but these operations were relocated around 1990 , leaving only a Gas Processing facility in nearby Longford . On 25 September 1998 an Explosion Took Place At This Gas Plant which killed two men and left much of Victoria, including the capital of Melbourne , without adequate Gas supplies for a period of two weeks. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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