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Dubbo & the Western Plains · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1974

7 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers

Welcome Home Hondo! The champ from Bathurst

Western Magazine · Monday 4 March 1974 · page 1

Bathurst turned out in droves to welcome the local “boy” last week. The “Bin” was Hondo…

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Anzac Day Arrangements

The Western Herald · Friday 19 April 1974 · page 1

Arrangements are now well in hand by the Bourke Sub-Branch of the R.S.L. for the commemoration of Anzac…

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Bourke Celebrates Anzac Day

The Western Herald · Friday 26 April 1974 · page 1

Anzac Day now carries a meaning more compelling and significant than when commemoration of the day was first instituted. Today Anzac is a symbol of brave men and heroic…

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Anzac Day at Louth

The Western Herald · Friday 3 May 1974 · page 7

Despite inclement weather and bad road conditions, more than 50 people attended the Anzac Day Service…

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Bourke High School Anzac Day Ceremony

The Western Herald · Friday 3 May 1974 · page 2

This year the High School Anzac Day Ceremony was held on Wednesday, 24th April, 1974 at 10 a.m. 25…

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Around and About. . . War was never quite

Western Magazine · Monday 26 August 1974 · page 2

SOME of the old hands are complaining that todays shortage are just like those in the bad old day of the Second World War…

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War on the Locust

Western Magazine · Monday 14 October 1974 · page 1

The spur throated locust — two or three times bigger and hungrier than the plague locust. For many districts this promises to be a good season but in some areas the…

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