Heavy Rain Causes Washout in Sport
Heavy rain in the district on Friday night, which followed steady lolls during the week, caused the cancellations of most sporting fixtures on Saturday,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Floods & storms
Floods & storms, 1961
14 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers
Boy’s Body Recovered From River: Heavy rain Causes Flooding
The body of eight-year-o(d Robert Gordon Tognella who slipped and fell into the flooded Queanbeyan River on Sunday afternoon while playing with his brother, was recovered from the Molonglo River…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floodlighting Of Show Trotting Track To Be Investigated Again Improved Programme For 1962
Further investigations are to be carried out with relation to the possibility of lighting the large track for night trotting at next year’s Queanbeyan Show. This was decided at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floodlights For Training at Taylor Park
Queanbeyan Municipal Council will erect two floodlights on Taylor Park to provide training facilities…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Warning System For Queanbeyan River
Queanbeyan Municipal Council will ask the Department of the Interior if it could arrange for its…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floodlights For Taylor Park
Floodlights at Taylor Park will cost the Queanbeyan beyan Municipal Council £362…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Snow, Mud Or Flood - The Census Man Gets Through
“The maintenance of this schedule in cell kinds of weather, and in the face of Indian dangers and other hazards, won for the service, a fame which time has not diminished.” So states the Encyclopaedia…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Rain Results in 171 Points
As a result of the rain which fell over Queanbeyan and district continually during the weekend, 171…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Warnings Sought At Creek Crossing
Both the Yarrowlumla Shire Council and the Queanbeyan Branch of the Road Safety Council will…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Framework For Floodlight Trial Erected
No doubt many residents are wondering what is the idea of the two tubular steel frameworks that were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floodlighting Monaro Street For Festival
Mr. R. B. Smith reported to last Wednesday’s Floral Festival Committee meeting that the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Olympic Pool To Open In Fortnight’s Time Floodlights Were Switched on Last Night
The Queanbeyan War Memorial Olympic Swimming Pool will be open for swimming from 9.30 a.m. on Saturday, September 30, the first Hay of the Six-hour Day holiday weekend…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queanbeyan Got off Lightly in Deluge
Although the Floral Festival and sporting fixtures were marred by rain during the weekend, Queanbeyan got off lightly compared to other areas of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Recent Floods Illustrated Civil Defence Work
The recent floods in and around the Sydney area, and the part played by the various Civil Defence Organisations in alleviating the distress caused,…
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