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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1965

4 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Flood of protests over proposal to close ’Flat railway

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 31 August 1965 · page 1

There has been quick reaction to the proposal of the N.S.W. Commissioner for Railways to suspend the rail service on the branch line between Bungendore and Captain’s Flat…

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Blackouts in storm

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 October 1965 · page 1

Queanbeyan suffered a complete power blackout on Wednesday morning when the high voltage system…

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Letters to the Editor Flooding Goes Back Over a Century

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 November 1965 · page 9

Sir, — “Octogenarian” (Age, November 12, 1965) quite rightly points out that the site selected for a new moteI at the corner of McQuoid Street, and Trinculo Places has been…

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Letters to the Editor Views on Queanbeyan floods accepted

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 December 1965 · page 3

Sir,— I can readily accept Mr. E. J. Lee Scarlett’s statement that the historic building, the Harp of Erin Inn, at the foot of McQuoid Street, was flooded as early as June, 1852…

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