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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1960

23 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 2

Schip sloeg om bij storm op zee

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 29 January 1960 · page 3

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Satellites Could Track Big Storms

Tribune · Wednesday 9 March 1960 · page 10

WITH a proper distribution of meteorological satellites orbiting the earth, it should be possible to keep track of each major storm…

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Property Flooded by Watercourse

The Biz · Wednesday 9 March 1960 · page 6

Mr. A. Togha, of Edensor Park, complained to the last meeting of Fairfield Council that…

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Silt Removal Would Not Stop Flooding

The Biz · Wednesday 9 March 1960 · page 16

The removal of silt from the junction of Georges fiver and Prospect Creek would have little effect on…

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OBITUARY Mr. E. GALE

The Biz · Wednesday 16 March 1960 · page 24

Mr. Edward Gale aged 56, of 55 Joyce Street, Fairfield, collapsed and died at his work at…

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Flood, But Not of Customers

The Cumberland Argus · Tuesday 12 April 1960 · page 6

An unhappy business man at Yennora has found his business is being literally watered down. He wrote, requesting…

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A. G. M. Storms Expected at Presidential Elections

Tharunka · Thursday 14 April 1960 · page 1

A group of students intends to use the forthcoming General Meeting and Presidential Election of the Students’ Union as a means of expressing its extreme dissatisfaction with the…

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The flooding of the Roseland Dam

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 15 April 1960 · page 4

FLOODING of the Roseland dam will begin on 1 May. Its maximum level should be reached during summer of 1961…

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Protest storm over wages decision Menzies Govt. indicted

Tribune · Wednesday 20 April 1960 · page 1

THE Arbitration Commission's refusal of the unions' claims for a basic…

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Govt's, apartheid plan causing storm in W.A.

Tribune · Wednesday 11 May 1960 · page 10

PERTH: There is a storm of protest here against a move by the West Australian Liberal Government's plans to implement its own apartheid policy by forcibly shifting Aborigine families out of the metropolitan area into "camps" on the outskirts of country towns…

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Rally Car Thru' Flood

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 25 May 1960 · page 20

A B.P. Rally contestant battles along a flooded road near Seymour (Vic). Only 36 of the 64 starters completed the 2,000-mile four-day trial, which lived up to its…

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Appeal for Tasmania Flood Victims

Nepean Times · Thursday 26 May 1960 · page 3

Mayor of Blue Mountains City Council, Ald. L. Corne, is making an appeal on behalf of the victims of the recent floods in…

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RYDALMERE and Ermington Erosion Wrecking Land Wall 'On Road' Brings Flood 'Waterfall'

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 20 July 1960 · page 12

A Rydalmere family cannot sell or develop a valuable block of land because of a stone wall erected more than 11 years ago. The family…

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Cyclone's big factory plans

The Biz · Wednesday 14 September 1960 · page 12

Cyclone Company of Australia, the biggest single gate and fencing contracting firm in the Southern Hemisphere, will centralise its N.S.W. production at South Granville…

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Storm Picture

Tharunka · Thursday 15 September 1960 · page 4

SULLEN and swollen and a soft sad grey, Booming and bouncing in an ocean’s way, Beating and breaking on the sea shore wall,…

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Memories flooded back in the old Party rooms Over the past 40 YEARS

Tribune · Wednesday 5 October 1960 · page 7

THE 40th anniversary of our Party was brought home to me on a recent visit to the old headquarters of the…

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Heavy Rain

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 October 1960 · page 1

The rainfall of the 230 points which has fallen in the Penrith area in the last two days, has minimised…

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havoc City Is Hit by Floods

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 26 October 1960 · page 1

Parramatta was flooded last week-end when 271 points of rain fell…

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Storm Over Closure of Rich Coal Seam

Tribune · Wednesday 9 November 1960 · page 10

Cessnock: Notices served on 195 employees at Aberdare colliery, to take effect next Friday, have roused a storm of protest hers at Government inactivity while monopoly strangles the richest coalseam in Australia…

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In storm gekapseisd en vergaan Zes man van "Friso" verdronken

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 11 November 1960 · page 8

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