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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1962

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Requests “Flood” Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 28 February 1962 · page 17

The aftermath of the recent heavy rains in the Colo Shire was seen at the last meeting of the Colo…

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Storm Mars Museum Opening

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 March 1962 · page 1

A violent rainstorm and gale-force winds sent scurrying for shelter the large crowd at the official opening on Saturday of the Hawkesbury…

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Council “No” to Flood Trust Appeal

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 March 1962 · page 2

Wind[?]or Council h[?]s refused an appeal for financial support and co-operation from a publicity point of view from the chairman of the Flood…

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Farmers and Floods No More Unemployment Relief

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 March 1962 · page 17

A reply has now been received from the Minister for Social Services, Mr. Hugh Robertson,…

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FLOOD Restoration Work Refused

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 March 1962 · page 13

The Windsor Council and the Baulkham Hills Shire Council were not likely to…

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Subdivisions of Land Liable to Floods Colo Council to Discuss New Regulations

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 March 1962 · page 1

Colo Shire Council has not been able to decide on an acceptable code to govern sub divisions of land which is…

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Substantial Flood relief By Red Cross

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 March 1962 · page 2

The munificent sum of £3000 was given by the Red Cross Society to victims of the disastrous November flood, in the Windsor Municipality, and the Colo Shire…

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Flood Silt Still Being Shifted

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 March 1962 · page 12

The work of removing flood silt from various roads in the Windsor Municipality is by no means…

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Grant for Flood Restoration

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 28 March 1962 · page 3

The Minister for Public Works has advised the Colo Shire Council, through Mr. B. S. L. Deane,…

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Conference on Flood Warning System

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 4 April 1962 · page 4

Action taken by [?] Hawkesbury Flood Mit[?]gation Committee to establish a stable and…

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Unisearch Flood Survey Professor Munro Commends Committee’s Action

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 4 April 1962 · page 19

The move by the Hawkesbury flood Mitigation Committee to have the government engage Unisearch to carry out a survey of the effects of the…

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Lack of Vital Flood Readings

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 4 April 1962 · page 13

Efforts by die Hawkesbury Flood Mitigation Committee has resulted in the restoration…

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Old Flood Photos Wanted

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 April 1962 · page 1

Channel 2 is anxious to obtain on short loan a few photographs of the 1904 flood or that…

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Flood Damage Prof. Munro Blames Water Board

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 April 1962 · page 1

Inefficient operation by the water Board of the spillway gates of the Warragamba Dam had increased the damage in…

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New Role for Flood Boats

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 18 April 1962 · page 1

“The purchase of trailers for the two council flood boats would be a worthwhile…

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Colo Shire Vetoes Flood Boat Trailer Move

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 25 April 1962 · page 1

Colo Shire Council had rejected a proposal from the Windsor Council that the two councils jointly purchase a trailer for transporting police flood…

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Farmers Praise Shire Flood work

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 25 April 1962 · page 10

“Flood damage restoration work that had cost £50 on one farm had put £1000 in that…

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Flood Sequel “Riverfront Developer” Not Discouraged

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 May 1962 · page 6

Despite the worst flood in almost a hundred years when the flow of water in the Hawkesbury River reached a previously unheard of velocity—reported…

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Flood Affected Maize

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 May 1962 · page 2

In the Maize Section which is one of the [?] crops in the Hawkesbury District, entries were…

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Flood Tragedy

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 May 1962 · page 1

Like most dads I dutifully made with the “early morning cuppa” last Sunday, and with that…

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