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Wheatbelt flooding

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(1990) Wheatbelt flooding. The Wheatbelt Mercury, 7 February 1990. p. 4 [Publication] [Special Collections]

Summary

Reports the damage caused by a period of heavy rainfall across several regions in the Central Wheatbelt of Western Australia. The most significant losses reported are stock losses and damage to fences. Future plans to improve and reconstruct water drainage systems on affected properties are outlined.

This article contains two photographs: One shows a line of cars driving through flood water on the Great Eastern Highway and the other depicts a flooded drain threatening to spill over onto the Great Eastern Highway.

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This article is part of the WISALTS (Whittington Interceptor Sustainable Agriculture Land Treatment Society Incorporated) Collection.

Item Type: Special Collections
Collection: WISALTS Collection
Copyright: ©1990 The Wheatbelt Mercury
Notes: 1 newspaper clipping
URI: http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/55519
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