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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1961

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

Floodlit Display

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 11 January 1961 · page 6

One of the most spectacular Christmas displays was that arranged by the management and…

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China's "Big Leap" continues, despite floods and drought

Tribune · Wednesday 1 February 1961 · page 4

China's "Big Leap Forward", which began in 1958 and continued in 1959, did not lose impetus in 1960, despite the fact that the country suffered the most adverse weather conditions in a century…

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Floodlights Night Today

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 1 March 1961 · page 15

Floodlights will play a major part in the Parramatta City Show this year…

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Fishing Club Notes They Caught a Cyclone and 6 Fish at the Inlet

The Biz · Wednesday 22 March 1961 · page 2

Fairfield Fishing Club's publicity officer, "Tiddler," who usually contributes our fishing notes, is on holidays at Crescent Head. "Tiddler" and his family are good fisher…

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Clean-up after storm

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 19 April 1961 · page 1

Some householders at the weekend were still cleaning up debris following…

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Protest storm over Chinese visa vetoes Could affect wheat sales

Tribune · Wednesday 3 May 1961 · page 4

While Australian wheatgrowers' representatives are in Hong Kong trying to dispose of Australia's surplus wheat crop to China, the Menzies Government last week refused visas to Chinese trade unionists invited to Australia for May Day…

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Zeelieden gewond in hevige storm

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 12 May 1961 · page 2

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Storm over racial ban

Tribune · Wednesday 17 May 1961 · page 9

PERTH: Public opinion in WA has shown itself overwhelmingly against the White Australia policy in connection with the case of Thomas Palmer, who was barred from Australia because he does not look European. (He is a British…

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Storm Ousts U.s. Korea Puppet

Tribune · Wednesday 17 May 1961 · page 12

UNCERTAIN future faced by all US puppet rulers in the world today is emphasised by the South Korean…

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Pedestrians are floodlit

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 16 August 1961 · page 15

A new type of floodlighting is being tested at the pedestrian crossing on Pacific…

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Granville Thrift Specials Floodlights for Granville Oval

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 6 September 1961 · page 11

Parramatta City Council has approved a plan for the floodlighting…

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Hevige storm eist slachtoffers

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 27 October 1961 · page 1

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Trapped by Flood

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 22 November 1961 · page 3

Battered by torrential rain and fifty miles an hour wind squalls, Parramatta at the weekend…

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Many flee from rising floodwaters Worst since 1956

The Biz · Wednesday 22 November 1961 · page 1

The worst flood since 1956 hit Cabramatta on Sunday, after drenching rain and violent winds on Saturday, and caused a large scale evacuation of people and property in low lying areas…

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Flooded Grounds, Wind Cancel Sport Programmes

The Biz · Wednesday 22 November 1961 · page 12

Drenching rain and 60 m.p.h. winds flooded ovals, tennis courts and bowling greens on Saturday, cancelling play and disrupting the season's programme in all outdoor sports…

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Heavy Calls on N.r.m.a. in Storms

Nepean Times · Thursday 23 November 1961 · page 7

The torrential Sydney downpours, which resulted in some of the heaviest floodings recorded in the…

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Floods Alter Program for Festival

Nepean Times · Thursday 23 November 1961 · page 1

Although processions will still be held through the streets of Penrith and St. Marys on Saturday morning, the floods in the Nepean district last weekend have caused portion of the…

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Floods Engulf Nepean Valley Mayor Calls Emergency Meeting for Relief of Victims

Nepean Times · Thursday 23 November 1961 · page 1

The Mayor of Penrith, Ald. W. L. Chapman, has called an emergency meeting to form a relief organisation for victims of the biggest flood in the Nepean River valley since 1900…

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Regentville House Flooded

Nepean Times · Thursday 23 November 1961 · page 1

House of Mr. and Mrs. W. Gorst, corner of Factory Lane and Bellevue Road, Regentville, as it appeared on Sunday afternoon. Water rose about three feet (to near top of windows). A two-storey clubhouse to the…

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Floods Cause Postponement of Benefit

Nepean Times · Thursday 23 November 1961 · page 8

Floodwaters which broke through stock-water dams and inundated Castlereagh Horse and Pony…

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