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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1950

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Heavy Rain

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 3

Heavy rain fell in Goulburn yesterday morning, New Year's Day. Forty-four points were registered…

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Damage By Storm At Tamworth-£50,000

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 10 January 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY: Police assessed the damage done by the storm at Tamworth on Saturday at £50,000 to £60,000,…

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Thanks From Kempsey Flood Victim

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 2

The Kempsey Digger who lost his entire potato crop in the disastrous Kempsey floods a few months ago, and who…

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Southern Area Gets Flood Warning Rivers Rise After Heavy Rains Over Four Inches in City

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 1

After an afternoon and night of almost continous heavy rain, during which 426 points were recorded at Goulburn Post Office, the city this morning received a flood and gale warning—the first in this area for several years. It was by far the heaviest fall…

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Record Rains In District Nearly 5 Inches In Parts: Roads, Creeks Flooded

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 4

Torrential rain—the heaviest for at least six years—fell last night in country areas around Goulburn, and caused flooding of creeks and rivers…

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Heavy Rain at Barrallier Village Isolated

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 1

Last week 505 points of rain were recorded, 18 points Wednesday and 487 points on Thursday. This brings…

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356 Points Recorded At Crookwell In Last Week's Heavy Rain

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 1

Heavy rain fell throughout the Crookwell district on Wednesday last and falls up to four inches were recorded…

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Calm Before the Storm Elections In Britain

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday: The political camps yesterday reflected the unnatural calm before a storm, an atmosphere which all quarters expect to be dispelled when the King officially ends the…

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Heavy Rain

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY: Constant rain over most of the State in the past few days has caused disruption of…

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Stranded at Eden Flood Danger Now Subsiding

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 3

EDEN: Many tourists in four buses have been stranded at Eden since Monday night…

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Heavy Rain at Boorow a

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 1

Heavy rain which commenced to fall in Boorowa last Friday resulted in 245 points being recorded at the…

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Calm Before Storm in Britain

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 13 February 1950 · page 5

LONDON, Monday: Week-end election activities in Britain which preceded the last full week of the general election campaign before polling day on February 23, were relatively quiet. It resembled the lull that…

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Heavy Rain Causes Rivers to Rise

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 1

Torrential rain fell during two storms in Goulburn and district yesterday and last night, causing washaways and sudden rises in river levels. A total of 163 points fell in…

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63 Points in Yesterday’s Storm

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 2

In a heavy downpour about o’clock yesterday afternoon, 63 points of rain were registered at Yass Post Office…

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Calm Follows Storm for Goulburn Show Overnight Rainfall Soaks Area But Good Conditions Expected For To-morrow

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 1

Although Goulburn's show area was drenched by torrential rains yesterday afternoon and last night, little damage was caused, and the Agricultural, Pastoral and Horticultural Society's 59th annual fixture opened this morning under fine, but cloudy, conditions. Sideshow tents and temporary buildings withstood the heavy delage, which was accompanied at times by strong…

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PUDMAN Heavy Storm

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 2

One of the heaviest storms in the history of the district occurred at Pudman on Wednesday last when 135 points of rain fell in a…

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Losses of Sheep in Floods

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY: Stockmen fear that thousands of sheep have been drowned in flood waters in south-west New South…

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Fencing Washed Away in Severe Storm at Pudman

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 3

One of the heaviest storms in the history of the district occurred at Pudman on Wednesday of last week, when 135…

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Damage By Floods

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 1

The report of the Muswellbrook Shire Engineer, Mr. E. R. Brown, at the monthly meeting of the Shire Council, revealed that…

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Orcades in 60 M.p.h. Gale

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday: Although several passengers were hurt including an Adelaide youth. Gerald Cox, who is in hospital…

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