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Swan Bay, Marks Point, Lake Macquarie, NSW. Lake being whipped up by southerly wind
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…Lake being whipped up by southerly wind … Photo Ref: 5760 … Creator: Donaldson, Mr Bruce … This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License … Related search terms … boats … environment … foreshore … lake … lake macquarie … marks……point … marks…
John Darling Colliery, Belmont, Lake Macquarie, NSW. No.2 winder house c.1928
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…No.2 winder house c.1928 … Photo Ref: 6220 … Creator: Baker, Mr Dennis … This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License … Related search terms … belmont … coal … coalmines … miners … mines … mineshafts … mining…
Windward Close
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…Windward Close … Meaning the direction from which the wind is blowing, the windward side of a vessel. Very important in sail racing. Windward Close was a NSW Land and Housing development in 1985.……This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs…
Green Point - Warners Bay High Project
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…Littoral Rainforest … A littoral rainforest is usually found close to the sea where it is exposed to salt-laden winds and spray, and sandy soil. This small littoral rainforest exists because of the runoff from the slopes above and because it receives the moist onshore winds.……Littoral Rainforest … A littoral…
June 2007 storm photos
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…Over the next 36 hours Lake Macquarie was battered by the system's strong winds and torrential rain, causing extensive flooding, damage, and the grounding of MV Pasha Bulker off Nobby's Beach … The New South Wales Premier, Morris Iemma, declared a natural disaster for the affected areas.……Over the next…
Snow comes to Mount Sugarloaf
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…With the snowfalls came strong wind and rain which was welcomed by the Hunter's farmers and graziers, who hoped it would herald the end of a drought that had lasted for 16 months. … Snow again fell on Mount Sugarloaf on Thursday, June 12, 1975.……With the snowfalls came strong wind and rain which was…
Dust storm over Lake Macquarie 23rd September 2009. Photograph taken from balcony at View Street Belmont around 7am. The Lake can normaly be seen from this point.
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Tahlee Avenue
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…An Aboriginal word meaning 'sheltered from the wind' (Source: Newcastle Herald 11 May 1993).……An Aboriginal word meaning 'sheltered from the wind' (Source: Newcastle Herald 11 May 1993). … This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs…
Leeward Close
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…Leeward Close … Taken from a nautical term meaning sheltered side of the vessel, i.e. the opposite side from which the wind is blowing. Leeward Close was a NSW Land and Housing development in 1985.……This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs…
Letter from Tom Fennell to his mother, 6th October 1847
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…His sister the other day during a rather heavy gale of wind had a very serious fall on the deck, by which she has much injured her back, and has since been confined to her bed. I have supplied her with many little matters in the way of rice marmalade wines & other etc.……His sister the other day during…

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