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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1935

4 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers

Flood Gates Richmond Proposal

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 April 1935 · page 9

Mr. Ronald B. Walker, M.L.A., has received the following communication from the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Spooner…

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Draining Bushell's Lagoon Shire Assistance Sought Buttsworth's Creek Floodgates Residents Guarantee Expenses

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 19 April 1935 · page 9

AN enterprising scheme for the drainage of Bushell's Lagoon at Wilberforce and reclaiming and working the large area of valuable land at…

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The Storm Gathers

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 August 1935 · page 1

There came a time depression's heavy hand, With lower wages, unemployment rife, Played havoc with the markets of the land. And added to the citrus growers' life…

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129 Years Ago Disastrous Hawkesbury Flood As Told by Margaret Catchpole

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Sunday 3 November 1935 · page 3

THERE have, in the course of time, been many serious floods in the Hawkesbury district, but it is doubtful if ever there was one which proved so…

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