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Illawarra · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1863

2 stories in Illawarra's papers

Floods on the Darling and Western Water Courses

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 21 April 1863 · page 4

Bourke April 2.—For the last two months the Darling has been rising, but it is not expected to rise so high as it now is at Bourke—from forty to fifty feet above the ordinary level…

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Victoria. Heavy Floods and Loss of Life

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 29 December 1863 · page 4

THE CITY AND THE YARRA.—During the whole of Monday night and until an advanced hour yesterday afternoon, when we had an interval of about an hour's…

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