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Dubbo remembers: 70th anniversary of 1955 flood

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An anniversary quietly ticks over this week as the region remembers and reflects on a major natural disaster that swept across central and northern NSW, and gave birth to what we now know and appreciate as the State Emergency Service.

In late February 1955, major flooding impacted the central west and swept right across the Hunter Valley to the coast, causing the death of 25 people and widespread...


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