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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1974

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Bjelke Flooded by Union Protest

Tribune · Tuesday 19 March 1974 · page 3

BRISBANE: Union action on social issues, in this case on the failure of the insurance companies to pay out flood relief to policyholders, had a big victory…

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Daw "Flood Relief"

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 22 March 1974 · page 9

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Concern at Response to Qld Flood Appeal

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 28 March 1974 · page 8

Brisbane Jewish leaders have expressed disappointment and concern at the response from other Australian States, particularly Victoria, to the Queensland…

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Flood Victims Need More Help

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 4 April 1974 · page 3

Funds raised in the Jewish community for victims of the Queensland flood will help rehabilitate less than ten per cent of those affected seriously by the disaster, president of the Queensland Jewish Board of Deputies,…

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Daw "Flood Relief"

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 5 April 1974 · page 10

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Daw "Flood Relief"

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 19 April 1974 · page 11

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The aftermaath of a flash flood

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 7 May 1974 · page 6

This was the devastating scene after the shock Anzac Day flash flood A home was swept off its foundations by a two-metre high wave of water which gathered in Granville, the area which was worst hit. Damage has been estimated at more than $2 million, and the…

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Appeal for Flood Victims a real muddly grotto

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 7 May 1974 · page 1

The Mayor of Holroyd, Aid. Bob Devlin, has launched an appeal to help victims of the flood on Anzac Day. Called the Holroyd Mayoral Flood Appeal, a target of…

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Council barbecue for Flood Appeal

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 14 May 1974 · page 8

The paraplegic club of [?] will be staging an athletics event in aid of the Holroyd Mayoral…

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Council donates $500 to Flood Appeal Mayoral Notes

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 28 May 1974 · page 7

Again I remind all residents of the various activities that are being conducted to raise funds…

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Flood funds grow

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 18 June 1974 · page 1

The Holroyd Mayoral Flood Appeal, which closes this month, is going well…

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Bowlers help Flood Relief

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 18 June 1974 · page 16

Merrylands Bowing Club is taking a big part in the raising of funds for the Holroyd Flood Relief Appeal…

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Libs to assist flood victims

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 25 June 1974 · page 3

A newsly-opened branch of the Liberal Party at Pendle Hill, wants to assist flood…

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Roeiers falen in de storm van Luzern

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 28 June 1974 · page 11

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Flood Ussr with Hebrew Books

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 11 July 1974 · page 10

TEL AVIV: Soviet Jews want Israelis to bombard them with such a massive quantity of Hebrew-teaching material that the flood will foil the efforts of Soviet post office censors to confiscate…

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Flood funds problem

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 30 July 1974 · page 1

A total of $9811 has been raised for the Holroyd Mayoral Flood Appeal, but so far no…

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Public Inquiry Into Flood Situation

Tribune · Tuesday 13 August 1974 · page 12

BRISBANE: The danger of a repeat or worse of the disastrous floods in Brisbane and Ipswich last January continues. A protest meeting on Sunday, July 28 called for a…

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Music in Flood

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 15 August 1974 · page 14

August is the month when music comes in a flood, and the first wave rolled from all sorts of directions last week. First was a recital by Anson Austin, young New Zealand…

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International News Floods, Corruption, Devastate Bangladesh

Tribune · Tuesday 10 September 1974 · page 9

Two-thirds of Bangladesh is under water in the country's worst floods for two decades The floods follow the cyclone and political revolt against Pakistan in 1970, the…

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Action Soon on Flooding

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 22 October 1974 · page 1

Action may soon be taken to prevent flooding in Merrylands, such as occurred on Anzac Day this year…

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