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

Floods & storms, 1950

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Cyclone and Mine Off Coast

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 5

BRISBANE: Ships off the North Queensland, coast have been warned of a floating mine and cyclone which are sweeping…

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15 Killed In Storms That Are Sweeping U.S.A.

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 5

NEW YORK, Monday: Cyclonic spring storms, which have raged throughout the United States for the past two days, have caused, the deaths of at least 15 people and heavy property and crop damage…

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BARRALLIER River In Flood

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 7

Up o date there have been 15 wet days this month with a total of 676 points of rain. The total since January is 1813 pts…

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Cyclone In The North

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 29 March 1950 · page 8

BRISBANE: Northern Queensland towns have been warned to expect floods as the fifth cyclone on the east coast this year is…

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Flood Damage

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 29 March 1950 · page 8

Owners of many river front age properties along both the Murrumbidgee and Tumut Rivers over whose lands last week's…

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What Wagga People Saw in the Flood Rescue Work In The City

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 29 March 1950 · page 4

As penetration flood waters surged into Wagga from crucial area, says the Daily Advertiser, police and army personnel stated lightning evacuation measures…

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From Bicycle Into the Flood

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 29 March 1950 · page 8

A tragedy was narrowly averted at South Gundagai when Jim Ross, of Tumblong, riding a bicycle fell into the…

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307 Points of Rain Fell in Goulburn Flood Conditions In Few Hours

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 30 March 1950 · page 1

When tropical rains swept over the sodden Goulburn district yesterday afternoon and last night the Wollondilly rose dangerously, and helped to hold up the Mulwaree, with the result…

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Darlington Point Flooded

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 30 March 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY: Almost every home in the small township of Darlington Point was damaged when flood waters burst through the…

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Burrinjuck Dam Alleviated Flooding Downstream

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 30 March 1950 · page 4

“There has been a lot of illinformed speculation about the role of Burrinjuck Dam in the present flooding.” the…

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Floods Are Subsiding

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 31 March 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY: The sudden floods following heavy rain in the Bathurst and Lithgow areas now seem to be subsiding…

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Floods Do Damage Heavy Rains

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 31 March 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY: Sudden torrential storms in central New South Wales early yesterday were followed by wide…

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The Flooded West Widespread Damage, But Worst To Come

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 3 April 1950 · page 7

SYDNEY: The flood waters surging down the Macquarie, Lachlan and Bell Rivers are now threatening the centralwestern districts with their worst flooding in history. Widespread damage has been…

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Floods Know No Mercy The Home Of Mrs. Phelps

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 3 April 1950 · page 1

About 1 o'clock on Saturday afternoon Mrs. W. A. Phelps, who lives in Sterne Street, North Goulburn, had…

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Biggest Flood in Goulburn Since 1925 Eastgrove Cut Off By Water From City Golf House Again Submerged

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 3 April 1950 · page 1

Saturday was a serious day for Goulburn and district. Nearly two inches of rain had fallen during the previous 24 hours and rain continued all day. The whole countryside, already at saturation point, was flooded and from everywhere…

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The 1920 Flood

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 3 April 1950 · page 1

For the benefit of those who desire to know, the flood did not rise to a point as high as that of…

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Sidelights on the Flood Scenes In Goulburn And District

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 3 April 1950 · page 4

It cannot be said that a great deal of damage has been done by the latest rains; most of the damage was done during the previous flood of last week. But the following will give some idea of the consequences in various parts of the city and district…

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Flood Damage Yarrowlumla's Claim

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 4 April 1950 · page 4

Mr. Arthur Taylor, who is acting as Engineer for the Yarrowlumla Shire Council, reported to the council that he had…

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Migrant Camp Flooded

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 5

MELBOURNE: Thirteen hundred New Auustralians were evacuated from their camp .at he Williamstown Racecourse yes…

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Flood Danger Less

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY: Although flood danger in many parts of the State is decreasing, Warren and Ravenswood are still in…

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