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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1972

14 stories in Sydney's papers

Townsville's cyclone What it did -- and what it showed up

Tribune · Tuesday 11 January 1972 · page 5

TOWNSVILLE'S tragic Cyclone Althea on Christmas Eve literally tore the city to shreds. Few sections of the community escaped and all types of buildings were…

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The storm bursts over Rhodesia

Tribune · Tuesday 25 January 1972 · page 9

The arrests last week of Rhodesian white liberals, former Premier Garfield Todd and his daughter, Miss Judy Todd (who spent some time in Australia last…

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600 braved storm

Tribune · Tuesday 22 February 1972 · page 11

MELBOURNE: Thunderstorm and floods did not deter 600 people from packing the Assembly Hall last Wednesday night for a meeting called by Women's…

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Tijdens hevige storm ontwortelde boom vernielt caravan

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 25 February 1972 · page 2

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What cyclone did

Tribune · Tuesday 14 March 1972 · page 4

These wrecked storage sheds in a Townsville suburb were an example of what the cyclone did on Christmas Eve…

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De barometer op storm

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 17 March 1972 · page 5

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Storm Over Cyprus

Tribune · Tuesday 4 April 1972 · page 9

The crisis over Cyprus is one which impinges on several international problems, including the Middle East situation, the power of the military junta in…

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IMPERIALISM - the Great Polluter nixon plans mass murder by flood

Tribune · Tuesday 20 June 1972 · page 1

SYDNEY:The Nixon Administration is preparing the most terrible crime of its entire genocidal war against the Vietnamese people, Mr. L. Aarons, national secretary of the Communist Party of Australia told a press conference last Thursday (June 15)…

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Eiland Griend versterkt Storm verwoest vele nesten

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 4 August 1972 · page 1

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Roads Cut During Storm Freak rain damages municipality

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 24 October 1972 · page 1

Sydney's freak storm early last week caused thousands of dollars worth of damage throughout Holroyd…

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voices in the Storm

Tribune · Tuesday 31 October 1972 · page 8

"Voices in the Storm", by Walter Kaufman, was first published by the Australasian Book Society in 1956, 11 years after the end of World War II…

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Storm destroys the flower beds

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 31 October 1972 · page 3

The Holroyd Centenary garden competition — the first large scale garden competition ever held in the district almost finished in disaster. For months residets…

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Laatste nieuws Storm teisterde Nederland

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 17 November 1972 · page 12

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Storm raast door land Toren en boerderij ingestort

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 24 November 1972 · page 3

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