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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1961

44 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 2 of 3

Assistance Available to Flood Victims

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 November 1961 · page 10

Four forms of assistance are available to people who have suffered losses through floods. Householders should…

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“Operation Clean Was Flood Aftermath

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 November 1961 · page 6

As the flood waters slowly receded last Wednesday and Thursday Windsor residents returned to their homes begin the heart-breaking task of…

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On Being Flooded Out

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 November 1961 · page 7

How would you react if a group of men came into your home at 11 o’clock…

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Flood Relief Organisation Answered Many Calls

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 November 1961 · page 6

The organisation which sprang up in Windsor almost overnight to house, feed and clothe the hundreds of flood evacuees sheltering in the town, never…

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The Flood As It Wasn’t

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 November 1961 · page 2

Once again the flood in this district was widely covered by the city Press with little or…

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Hawkesbury Flooding (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 November 1961 · page 5

Sir,—Looking at the toporaphical map of the Hawesbury valley and seeing [?] by the pattern…

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Plight Of Flood Victims Put

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 November 1961 · page 4

In a statement to the House last week the Member for Hawkesbury (Mr. B. S. L. Deane) put before the State Parliament, graphically and accurately,…

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400 Men Spent Weekend Helping Flood Victims

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 November 1961 · page 3

Last week-end 400 men poured into the district to work under the C.A.R. organisation, which although only been formed a few days before,…

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Flooded Orchards Protective Measures For Citrus

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 December 1961 · page 10

Officers of the Department of Agriculture inspected flood damage to orchards in the Richmond-Windsor district this week, and suggest measures which might help in dealing with affected trees…

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“Flood” of Motors

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 December 1961 · page 10

Technicians at the Hawkesbury College have been “flooded” with electric motors to…

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“The Flood” at Lower Portland

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 December 1961 · page 9

As hard-hit residents of Lower Portland survey their flood-ravished farms, homes, and properties attempting to assess their great losses, one and all are heard to remark, feelingly, “there are many…

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Service Club Assists Flood Victims

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 December 1961 · page 1

Members of Baulkham Hills Lions Club rendered valuable assistance to district flood…

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Board Claims Warragamba Mitigated Flood

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 December 1961 · page 1

Following a question by Mr. B. S. L. Deane, M.L.A., in the House last week, the secretary of the Water Board has reiterated that, although the recent…

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Flood Hazard While Dam Full (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 December 1961 · page 2

Sir,—Anyone having seen the sad picture of devastation of the Hawkesbury Valley must feel…

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M. Girls Help Flood Appeal

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 December 1961 · page 14

Proceeds of the housie entertainment to be held in Richmond School of Arts by…

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Lions Club Gives £1000 To Flood Relief

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 December 1961 · page 9

On Sunday the president of the Richmond Lions Club, Mr. J. J. Walsh, over a cheque for £1000, to AId. W. Gillespie, chairman of the…

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Viewpoints of Readers Less Dam Storage Would Mitigate Floods (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 December 1961 · page 2

Sir:—Having suffered the complete destruction of my 10-months-old home in the recent floods,…

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Dam’s Effect on Flood Move To Have Unisearch Make Survey

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 December 1961 · page 1

The Hawkesbury Flood Mitigation Committee will approach the Premier to have Unisearch make an independent survey of the effect of the Warragamba Dam on the November flood in this…

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Apex’s £1100 For Flood Relief

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 December 1961 · page 21

The districts senior service Hawkesbury Apex—has made a fine contribution in assisting to re-establish the district after the recent flood…

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Subdivision Refused On Grounds “Subject To flooding ”

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 December 1961 · page 1

“If we don’t refuse this application we will leave ourselves open to widespread condemnation in the years to come”, said the President of the Colo…

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