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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1936

6 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Cause of Floods. Denudation of Forests

The Bombala Times · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 3

The floods in East Gippsland have revived the long-standing controversy as to the cause of the floods. Both the Forests Commission and Water…

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The Gippsland Floods Assessing Damage at Snowy River

The Bombala Times · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 4

ORBOST, Sunday.—Damage caused by the flood at Christmas is being estimated. The consequences to Newmerella, perhaps the best of the…

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Damage by Floods Grant From Rivers Fund

Delegate Argus · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 3

For repairing flood damages in Orbost shire £880 is included in an allocation from the Rivers and Streams Fund, which was…

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Flood in Gippsland

The Bombala Times · Friday 3 July 1936 · page 3

Gippsland district in the section from Orbost south to Bairnsdale, Sale, Moe. etc., had another severe flood last week, the second this…

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Floods In Gippsland What of the Fish?

Delegate Argus · Thursday 9 July 1936 · page 3

The heaviest floods since 1893 have been recorded in the Gippsland section of Victoria, several of the rivers rising to abnormal…

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Snowy River Floods

Delegate Argus · Thursday 17 December 1936 · page 2

The effects of flooding in the Snowy River areas were described at a sitting of the State Public Works Committee, by Mr. H. G…

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