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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1851

2 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers

Biographical Sketch of Lieut. Gale

Bathurst Free Press · Saturday 18 January 1851 · page 2

The unfortunate aeronaut whose death is recorded above, was through life a man of great exertion. Late in life, he was an actor of repute at the Coburg, Astley's, and…

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Excerpt From Sir T. L. Mitchell's Journal. the Flood

Bathurst Free Press · Saturday 17 May 1851 · page 4

Thro' the dry and arid water there came A sound of rushing water; Far as the eye could scan the chapt and glowing plains No rain of rain was there…

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