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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1966

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Fire destroys temporary dwelling

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 November 1966 · page 3

FIREMEN, police and bystanders fought a fire to save a temporary dwelling in Greenbank Avenue on…

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Main Street will be a blaze of colour

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 November 1966 · page 6

Monaro Street and portion of Crawford, Street will be a Ablaze of-colour for the next week, during the 1966 Floral Festival. Festoon lighting will be…

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Shire helps brigade with fire tanker

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 November 1966 · page 5

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has agreed to make $500, available immediately in order that Hoskinstown Bush…

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Bush Fire Brigade

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 November 1966 · page 2

There will be a bush fire brigade meeting on Thursday night at the hotel at 8 p.m. The main business will be the…

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Bush fire brigade at Nass

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 November 1966 · page 8

A new District Bush Fire Brigade has been formed at Nass as a result of meeting held at Tharwa Public…

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Bush fire period again revoked

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 November 1966 · page 9

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has again revoked the Bush Fire Danger Period within its area, this time…

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At President’s Discretion Engineer’s release for bush fire work

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 November 1966 · page 1

Assistant engineer of Yarrowlumla Shire Council, Mr. J. Sealey, will be released for bushfire radio work at the discretion of the president, Cr. T. N. Gorman…

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Shire Requested to Collect Bush Fire Brigade Fees

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 November 1966 · page 8

Yarrowlumla Shire Council is considering a proposal that it collect bushfire brigade fees from landholders in conjunction with rates…

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Monaro Bush Fire Protection Scheme launched today

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 December 1966 · page 1

The Monaro Fire Protection Scheme/ which takes in Yarrowlumla Shire, was launched at a meeting in Queanbeyan this morning. The Chief Executive Officer, Mr. A. D. Christopher, was authorised to proceed…

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Identities at Bush Fire Conference

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 December 1966 · page 2

THERE were a number of prominent personalities at the meeting in the Yarrowlumla Shire Council…

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Bush fire danger period now in force

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 December 1966 · page 3

The bushfire danger period is now in force in both the Municipality of Queanbeyan arid in the…

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Delegates to Fire Scheme

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 December 1966 · page 11

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has appointed its prudent (Cr. T. N. Gorman) and Fire Control Officer (Mr. W…

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