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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Pictures, dances & concerts
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Despite the heat, quite a large crowd of footballers and the codes supporters in Bourke, turned up at the War Memorial Hall last Friday night, for the Bourke Rugby League Football Club's Presentation Ball…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Our numbers were down owing to many members being absent for the long week-end, but I think the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →So great was the demand for "The Western Herald" last Friday with flood coverage and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →West Anson Street, looking North. The picture shows that no great volume of water reached the levee in this area. This photograph was taken on the Cobar Road looking back towards Bourke. The levee shown continues around both new and old cemeteries,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →TOP PICTURE from Mrs. Glover, shows Oxley Street looking East. The Post Office and old Courthouse are visible on the left and the Post Office Hotel on right. Height the flood water reached can be seen today on a brass plate displayed on front wall of the Post Office. It is 1 ft. 8in. above the footpath. CENTRE PICTURE.â The race against time as hired navvies and citizen volunteer work hard with picks and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Call and see the 1971 Flood Photos, taken by âThe Western Heraldâ Photographer…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Call and see the 1971 Flood Photos, taken by âThe Western Heraldâ Photographer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is customary for me to welcome new members to our Band. However we have such a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →There is always a great deal of âTown Talkâ when a Debutante Ball is being held. Opening of the social…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MISS TONI RAYWARD (pictured) has accepted the Invitation of the local Apex Club to open their Ball which will he held to the R.S.L. Memorial Hall on June 4th, 1971…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →We celebrated the Ninth Birthday of our re-formed Band on Anzac Day, and 1 think of no better…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Here is a chance for everybody in the town and district to let imagination run wild â dress up in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The photo above, taken by âThe Western Heraldâ Cameraman, shows the Bourke shire Band assembled on steps of the Oxley Club prior to the Anzac Day March, Members are (from left to right) : Front Row â Lurllne Winkley, Beverley Gascoigne, Julie Spencer, Cheryl Wilolloughby, Anne Jones, Kerry Helm. Carole Field, Elizabeth Bennett, Dan Buster, Richard Coughlan, Second Row â Lou Williams, Archie Gascoigne, Tony Haseloff, Terry…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Once again the highlight of the Annual Convent Ball, held last Friday evening in the War Memorial Hall, was the presentation of Debutantes. This year the Debutantes were presented to Reverend Father Wathen, of Nyngan…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →So many people are asking the question âWhy is this Ball different to any previous Apex Ball, or for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Have you made table bookings for you and your party at the Big Apex Ball on June 4th? If not…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →â The Western Heraldâ has been advised by officials of the Apex Ball Committee that sales of tickets for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Bourke Diggers Turf Club will conduct their Annual Race Meeting this year on Saturday, June…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →TREVOR DEMMERY, a Bourke winger, makes certain a Nyngan player cannot make a pass as he smother tackles him in the Group Comp. match at Bourke last Sunday. On the left is DAVID BLIGH, who has a )ook of determination as he comes from behind…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Honourable John L. Waddy, O.B.E., D.F.C., M.L.A., Minister for Child Welfare and Social Welfare, will be visiting Bourke and District on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June…
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