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Floods & storms, 1946

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Victorian Floods

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 March 1946 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: A dramatic story of timely rescues from floods in Western Victoria, came to hand as communications were…

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Victorian Floods Receding

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 March 1946 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Flood waters are receding in Western Victoria to-day and leaving a trail of damage estimated at £2,000,000…

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Western Districts of Victoria Flooded

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 March 1946 · page 1

Port Fairy isolated. Linesmen on the approaches of the Rosebrook bridge, which has been washed away, signalling across the Moyne River. Jimmy Gallagher, 10, collecting his mother's washing which had been under water at the peak of the floods at Killarney…

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Flood Aftermath

Daily Advertiser · Friday 22 March 1946 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday: Many Western Victorian towns which were swamped in the recent floods to-day pretested scenes of desolation as…

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Dead Stock Left by Floods

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1946 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Friday: More than 600 dead sheep and hundreds of cattle which were drowned in western district floods, are presenting…

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Wild Storms in the North Lighthouses and Ships Suffer

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 March 1946 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sunday: Gales continued to sweep Southern Queensland to-day. High seas pounded the coast near Brisbane…

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Stock Losses Through Floods

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 March 1946 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday: stock losses in Western Victoria, as a result of the recent floods are believed to total between 8000 and…

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Gale Strikes Brisbane; Four Drowned Floods Dislocate All Traffic

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 March 1946 · page 1

BRISBANE. Monday: Cyclonic weather which lashed the Queensland coast south of Bundaberg at the week-end…

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Terrific Cyclone in Northern Areas Torrential Rain and Flooded Rivers

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 March 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: S[?] cyclonic rains, rivers along the north coast of New South Wales rose to flood levels to-day, and families were evacuated from danger areas. The cyclone is centred northeast…

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Queensland Cyclone Moved Out to Sea

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 26 March 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday:—The cyclone which caused serious floods and damage in Queensland, where four people have lost their lives has moved out…

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Flood Danger Public Fears in North Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 2

Much concern is felt by residents on the northern side of Wagga [?] the neglect of a dangerous canal just outside the municipal…

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Receding Flood Waters Trail of Desolation

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 March 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The receding flood waters on the north coast of N.S.W. have left scenes of vast desolation, and the damage in…

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Flood-Gate For Dangerous Canal at North Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 March 1946 · page 2

A flood-gate is to be installed on the dangerous canal which has been causing concern at North Wagga, where residents have…

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The Flooded Clarence River at Grafton

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 March 1946 · page 1

The scene from the bridge over the Clarence at Grafton, where flood waters have caused considerable damage…

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Western Victoria. in Two Years-fire & Flood

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 29 March 1946 · page 4

In two years, fire and water came to the lush social-squatter Western District of Victoria. At the end of the 1944 summer bush…

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Aurora Australis Observatory Records Magnetic Storm

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1946 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday:. The following statement was issued to-day from the Commonwealth Observatory, Mt. Stromlo, in regard to the…

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Floodwaters Recede at Grafton

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1946 · page 1

This picture taken on Thursday morning shows some streets and portion of the township of Grafton still under water…

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Check on Flood Relief Claims

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 April 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Applications for flood relief, had been very consistent, particularly on the north coast, the Minister for Local…

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The Weather Flood Danger in N.S.W.

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The North Coast of New South Wales is facing the danger of flood recurrences. Heavy rain wag reported to-night…

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Flood Danger in the North Rivers Again Rise

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: The cyclones which are sweeping down the coast from the northeast, and the rivers still rising on the north coast of New South Wales, make more floods…

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