Prime Minister Promises Flood Grants Flood Grants
The Prime Minister (Mr Gorton) has re-iterated that the Commonwealth Government will set aside $100 million dollars over the next…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Floods & storms
Floods & storms, 1970
21 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 1 of 2
1867 Flood Photo Unearthed
Faded and stained by age, a 102-year-old photograph, discovered in a library book at Adelong, could be the only one in existence of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Drowned in Storm
Fishing in a small boat in the Hawkesbury River near Leetâs Vale in the early hours of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Viewpoints of Readers Flood Mitigation and POLITICS(To the Editor)
Sir,—I wish to commend the President and councillors of Colo Shire for the their move to jointly consider…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers Critical of Flood Works
Flood mitigation was again a hot subject for discussion when the Hawkesbury branch of the United Farmers and Woolgrowers’ Association…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Rugby League Windsor Floods Dam
Windsor A Grade maintained their unbeaten home-ground record on Sunday against Warragamba Dam with an intertaining 7-6 win…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Storm Causes Blackouts
A spectacular thunderstorm on Sunday afternoon caused interruptions to electricity…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hawkesbury’s Big Share of Flood Mitigation Grants
Out of a total of $13 million in flood mitigation works planned for 11 coastal rivers, more than $2 million will be spent on the upper and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Investigation Trust Wound Up
The Hawkesbury Flood Investigation Trust has been wound up and the balance of its funds donated to the Hawkesbury Legacy Group…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Editorial the Weekend Flood
THE forecast by the State Planning Authority that almost all the remaining open space in the Cumberland Plain will be built-up by the year…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commonwealth Flood Grants Windsor Council Happy with Subsidy
Commonwealth Government flood mitigation grants could apply to the current program of works for which Windsor Council has already…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Shire Must Decide Major Flood Works
Colo Shire Council will soon have to decide on how much flood mitigation works it will undertake in the systems under its control if it…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood-Free Route From McGrath’s Hill
A flood-free route into Windsor from McGrath’s Hill is being planned by the Department of Main loads. The present Richmond…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →100 Delegates at Windsor for Flood Conference
Most of the county councils and authorities carrying out flood mitigation works on the State’s major coastal river systems are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Mitigation Authorities Convene at Windsor
More than 100 delegates from coastal councils attended the 10th annual conference of Flood Mitigation Authorities held at Windsor on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cost/benefit Study New Approach to Flood Mitigation Costs
The cost/benefit study which the Commonwealth authorities have requested in connection with the huge flood migration expenditure…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Flood Works Will be Complicated
With an assurance that both State and Commonwealth Aid will be forthcoming for a flood mitigation program costing $688,000, Colo Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Collision in Storm
Two cars collided in Londonderry Road, Londonderry, during the violent rainstorm last…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Hope For Flood Damage Grants
Some hope has been heldout to Windsor Council that it will receive government grants…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Flood Boat Exercise at Windsor
More than 20 members from Civil Defence Local Controls under Group 7 Headquarters took part…
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