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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

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Two Missing Government Farm Boys

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 October 1929 · page 7

TWO boys have been missing from the Government Training Farm at Scheyville, near Pitt Town, for over a fortnight. It is believed that…

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Farmers Lose Heavily When Hawkesbury Overflows See Page 3. Serious Damage Hawkesbury Farmers. Hit by Flood Heavy Loss of Growing Exaggerated Reports in Sydney Press

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 October 1929 · page 1

ALTHOUGH the Hawkesbury district experienced a flood this week that did serious damage to growing crops, Sydney papers greatly exaggerated the position into something enormous. One paper reported that the river at Windsor rose over 30 feet in two days and that many people were driven from their…

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Early Potatoes 15 Crops in 18 Years Rotation Idea Exploded?

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 1 November 1929 · page 3

MR. ALEX. MATHESON, J.P. of Richmond, who recently celebrated his diamond wedding at the age of 84 years, is an enthusiastic gardener…

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After the Flood Crop Loss Estimates

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 1 November 1929 · page 9

THE crop loss estimates from the recent flood in the Windsor district are modified by Mr. W. H. Spinks, local orchard inspector. Approximately 200 acres of potatoes, he…

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Alnwick Farm the Hawkesbury Davisons COROMANDELrS OF 1802

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 8 November 1929 · page 5

"These are not the romantic times, ,So beautiful in Spenser's rhymes, ,So dazzling to the dreaming boy, Ours are; the days of fact, not fable…

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Mr. Edward Robinson of the Hawkesbury and the Pastoral, Robinsons of Kimo, Near Gundagai, N.s. Wales

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 22 November 1929 · page 9

THE graves, of the pioneer Robinsons with inscribed headstones are to be found in the enclosure near the homestead at "Coppabella Station (N.S Wales), now owned…

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Mr. R. B. Walker's Fighting Speech for Hawkesbury Dairymen See Page 5. the Milk Bill Mr. R. B. Walker's Fighting Speech an Interesting Debate

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 20 December 1929 · page 1

DURING the debate on the new Milk Bill introduced in the Legislative Assembly last week, the Member for the Hawkesbury, Mr. R…

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