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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1942

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Big Seas Uncover 100-Yr.-Old Wrecks

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 October 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY.—Wrecks on the Stockton oyster bank, near Newcastle, have been partly uncovered by recent heavy seas. Some of the wrecks…

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Ship Wrecked On S.A. Coast; Crew Ashore

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 November 1942 · page 1

ADELAIDE.—Striking a reef off the southern coast of Flinders Island recently a well known South Australian steamer has been…

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Seeing's Believing Darwin and Broome Wreckage Canberra, November 25

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 26 November 1942 · page 1

The damage to Darwin earlier in the year had to be seen to be believed, the Minister for Air, Mr. Drakeford, and to-day…

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Infantry Altered Tactics In The Desert; Wrecking Rommel

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 December 1942 · page 2

MELBOURNE.—The work of infantry units when the 8th Army broke through the Axis lines at El Alamein recently had altered the whole battle tactics of this war. The High Commissioner for Australia (Sir Ronald Cross) said this…

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Senate Motion May Wreck Meat Board

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 December 1942 · page 1

CANBERRA.—As a mark of [?] approval of the unrepresent [?] character of the Meat Comm[?] appointed four weeks ago by [?]…

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Smoking Wreckage in Toulon Harbor

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 December 1942 · page 1

NEW YORK, December 2.—Smoke still rises from wreckage in Toulon harbor[?] following the blowing up of the French warships on Friday, says…

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