Double-Barrel Flood Blocks Roads, Bridges
A flood which reached a peak of 27 ft. at Windsor on Monday and then receded to 24 ft. 10 in. before rising to another peak of 28 ft. 10 in…
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Floods & storms, 1967
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Upper Colo to Get Flood Boat
Residents of Upper Colo are to get a flood boat provided they can arrange for it to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Discussion on Flood Warnings
Flood warnings and what form they should take were the subject of an informal discussion…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Poles Could be Danger in Flood
Power poles along the embankment at the Freeman’s Reach Breakaway could become a danger…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Exaggerated Flood Reports
There have been many complaints of exaggerated and inaccurate reports of the state of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →School Built in Year of Great Flood
Opened in 1867, the year of the Great Flood, the first public school at Freeman’s Reach was partly washed away a few months later. During the flood, which rose to…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →S.P.A. Asks For Flood Levels
The State Planning Authority, which is at present considering Windsor Council’s town plan, has asked for detailed information on flood levels, particularly as these affect proposed urban zones…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Flood Channel Needed
With the amount of water now draining through Rickaby Creek during heavy rain, an…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Flood Gauge For Spectators
A flood gauge will be placed near the most popular “flood-watching” site in the district, so that…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →$1,440,000 Recommended For Flood Mitigation
Flood mitigation works on the tidal section of the flood plain of the Hawkesbury River, costing $1,440,000, have been recommended…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Measure of Flood Mitigation in Dam Operation
An interim report on a method of operating the gates of Warragamba Dam to give a measure of flood mitigation will be shortly put before the State Government…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Editorial Summer Flood
ALTHOUGH the banks of the Hawkesbury River are probably unequalled for use as picnic, swimming, boating and recreation reserves, this type of development has been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storm Over Railway Embankment
An old political sign painted on a railway embankment at Windsor has created quite a storm in the Windsor Council and has even…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Better Flood Warning Signs
A complaint that during recent floods insufficient warning was given to motorists that the…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Editorial the Flood Myth
GENERALITIES dealing with the effects of flooding in this district have reached an absurd level with a recent publication by the State Planning Authority. In a survey of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accurate Flood Forecasts Will Ease Tension, Hardship
A new science of flood forecasting going to take some of the tension and hardship out of the lives of those people who live under the threat of…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Flood Works No Extra Charge on Landowners
No extra charge will be made on landowners for flood mitigation works in the Wheeney…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Flood of Complaints on Garbage Service
After receiving seven litters complaining of the garbage service at Windsor and Richmond, Windsor Council has decided to take definite…
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