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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1927

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Final Essay on '67 Flood

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 November 1927 · page 8

IN the year 1867 there was a great flood of the Hawkesbury. The water came not many feet away from St. James' Church, at Pitt Town. A little wattle tree stands on…

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Graphic Story Great Hawkesbury Flood of 1867 the Experiences of Mrs. Wm. Smith and Family

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 November 1927 · page 1

BELOW we publish a copy of the original letter written at the time, by Mrs. William Smith, of Cornwallis (Clarend on), for the late Dr. Selkirk, giving a graphic description of her experiences and those of her family during the great Hawkesbury flood of 1867…

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