Shire Opens Bush Fire Relief Fund
Yarrowlumla Shire Council has opened a fund to assist landholders burnt out in the disastrous fires in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1965
61 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 4
Woolcara fire under control Vigilance Pays Off
The bush fire which burnt out over 500 acres between, the Queanbeyan River and…
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Yarrowlumla Shire Council has extended the bush fire danger period until April 20, in view of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Firefighters save dwellings in blaze at Captain’s Flat
Volunteer fire fighters had to battle hard this afternoon to save several dwellings when a fire raged through Oakvale, an outlying area of Captain’s Flat. The Postmaster, Mr. Reay,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush fire danger period extended
Due to the continuing dry conditions and the extreme bush fire danger, the bush fire danger period in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Another Grass Fire
Another grass fire-occurred last Saturday morning and the efforts by local residents in reaching the scene…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Showground fire was under permit
Queanbeyan Volunteer Fire Brigade raced to a fire burning along the open drain in the showground…
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An 18-year-old Queanbeyan postman was placed on a £20 bond to be of good behaviour for 12 months, by Mr. D. G. Hughes, S.M. at last week’s Court of Petty Sessions…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Brian Keating advocates—Lottery for bush fire
The Liberal candidate for Goulburn, Mr. Brian Keating, today advocated the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bush Fire Danger Periods Dates Vary in District
Although the bush fire danger period in the Municipality of Queanbeyan: and the Yarrowlumla Shire has ended, it has been extended to May 16 in the A.C.T…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Ban in Force As Precaution Permits necessary for bonfires on May 24
Permits will have to be obtained from the Fire Control Officer (Mr. R. Morton) before bonfires can be lit in Queanbeyan on Commonwealth Day, May 24. This is [?] a result of the…
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A Bush Fire Danger period is still in force in Queanbeyan and the Yarrowlumla Shire and persons lighting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Burns Out 50 Acres
A bush fire burnt out about 50 acres of land between the Captain’s Flat turn-off on the coast road and Burbong…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bungendore Fire Hazard
Yarrowlumla Shire Council proposes to take definite action before next summer to minimise the fire hazard…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire burnt through shop ceiling
Fire late yesterday afternoon damaged the ceiling of a shop in Monaro Street and the floor of a flat above…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Co-operation
The fact that there were no serious bushfires in Yarrowlumla Shire during the past season, when the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire hazards eliminated Shire ‘bun-off’ at Bungendore
Yarrowlumla Shire Council, with the co-operation of local organisations, is having a big clean-up at Bungendore of fire hazards such as overgrown streets and allotments and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grass fire brought under control
VOLUNTEERS an a members-of the Queanbeyan Fire Brigade attack a grass fire off Stephens Road on. Wednesday Kith bags and bushes. The fire, which started at about; 12.30 p.m. burnt a large area of grass before being brought under control by firemen armed with knapsack sprays. Pictured -above is the scene when fire officers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shires combine to suppress fire hazards
Four Shire Councils, Yarrowlumla, Bibbenluke, Monaro, and Tallaganda, are combining in an endeavour…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Bush Fire Allocation £6,041
Yarrowlumla Shire Council, has been allocated an amount of £6,041 for. bush fire and administration during the 1965-66 bush fire season…
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