Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← The wars & local soldiers, all years

Dubbo & the Western Plains · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1949

212 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 6 of 11

War Service Settlement Canberra

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 31 May 1949 · page 3

Properties aggregating 33,057 acres from five States have been included in the war service land settlement scheme…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Annual Meeting of Soldiers Shows Healthy Progress

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 31 May 1949 · page 2

A healthy state of affairs was shown when more than 30 members attended the annual meeting of the Dubbo R.S.S. & A.I.I.A at the Club rooms on Saturday night. A combined report from the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Bolivia on Brink of War

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 2 June 1949 · page 1

Bolivia stands on the brink of civil war. With a country wide state of siege already in operation and general…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

War Memorial Hall Appeal to the People of Bourke and District

The Western Herald · Friday 3 June 1949 · page 10

At a recent Public meeting, held at the Bourke Council Chambers, sponsored by the Bourke Sub-Branch of the R.S…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

No Home Rights for Men with War Service Melbourne, Tuesday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 1

The rights of ex-servicemen were seriously curtailed by a judgement of the Full High Court declaring the provisions of the National Security Regul-lations dealing with housing to be invalid…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Farm Record Books To Be Kept by Soldier Settlers

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 3

Between twenty and thirty ex-servicemen recently settled on the land under the War Service Land Settlement Scheme are to keep…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Dubbo Soldiers' Club

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 9 June 1949 · page 4

At the annual general meeting of the Dubbo Soldiers' Club some 60 members were present. The joint report of the president and…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Communist Spy Scare Part of Post-war Hysteria Washington

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 18 June 1949 · page 1

President Truman yesterday attributed the furore over current Communist spy hunts to post-war hysteria…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Wills Made by Australian Soldiers

The Wellington Times · Monday 20 June 1949 · page 2

A request that the legal section of the Department of the Army scrutinise wills made by soldiers for the protection…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

1939-45 War Campaign Stars and Medals

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1949 · page 7

The [?] Defence [?]the Hon. J. [?] has announced that in [?] War Campaign Stars [?] carry…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

War Campaign Stars, Medals

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 30 June 1949 · page 3

The Minister for Defence (Mr. J. J. Dedman) states that in future 1939-45 War Campaign Stars and Medals…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Jap War Losses TOKYO, June 15

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 30 June 1949 · page 7

The U.S. Government's Economic Stabilisation Board estimates Japan's war losses cost her one-fourth of her national…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Dept. of Post War Reconstruction

The Western Herald · Friday 1 July 1949 · page 8

Question : I have been granted a release of a parge proportion of my gratuity entitlement on the grounds of hardship caused through…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Welcome Home Party

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1949 · page 4

Last Friday night the Dubbo Presbyterian Hall was the scene of much gaiety when a welcome home party was given by…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Calwell Warns of War

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1949 · page 1

Mr Calwell, the Minister for Immigration, in a recent speech said that the Japanese war had shattered Australia's…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Wool Clip Less Than War Years

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1949 · page 2

Australia's wool production this reason would he below the average of the war years, said the President of Grazier'…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Atlantic Pact Opposed As "War Policy" WASHINGTON

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1949 · page 1

Influential Republican leaser, Senator Robert Taft, will vote against the ratification of the North Atlantic Pact because he…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

"Freezing" Of War Debts Urged LONDON

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 16 July 1949 · page 1

The freezing of the war debts "which we incurred when bleeding ourselves white for every…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

War Romance Is Theme Of "Waterloo Bridge"

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 16 July 1949 · page 4

The story of a 24-hour courtship between a lovely young ballet dance: and a handsome army captain in 1917 is told…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Army Transport Units Are Assembled in Four States Dramatic Moves to Get Coal Soldiers May Work Open-Cut Mines. SYDNEY, Friday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 16 July 1949 · page 1

The Combined Mining Unions Council this afternoon rejected A.C.T.U. proposals for settlement of the coal strike. However, the Council requested the A.C.T.U. to convene a…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →