Solving Lake George Rift Brings Canberra Waterways Change
The text traces multi stage drainage and canal works near Lake George, linking Turalla and Butmaroo creeks to drain the lake bed. It notes the tunnel opening increased Yass River flow to the Murrumbidgee, major sewage disposal shifts, and the transformation into irrigated farm land with extensive fodder production and sludge use, marking a 30 year progress from wasteful practices to modern sewage and agriculture reforms.
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Snowy River
Yass
Murrumbidgee
Burrinjuck
Commonwealth
Canberra
Molonglo Valley
Lake George
Plan to Drain Lake George Sparks Commonwealth Leasing Deal
In 1959 NSW shadows of draining Lake George gave way to a Commonwealth lease in perpetuity of the lake bed up to maximum flood level. The plan involved reconstructing ancient river systems and building a two mile tunnel to connect Turalla and Butmaroo Creeks with Brooks Creek to restore drainage and carry greater water flow.
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Lake George
New South Wales
National Capital Development Commission
Canberra
Commonwealth
Commonwealth Works Department
Jeirsr
Cullarin
Yass
Turalla
Butmaroo
Brooks Creek
Nixon and Macmillan mix up prompts on world tour
The White House press corps mocked a Nixon McMillan error after a leaked transcript showed Nixon confusing Harold Macmillan with Sir Alec Douglas-Home during a whirlwind tour of Asia and Europe. The dialogue lampooned the president and his aides over misidentifications and a busy schedule across multiple capitals.
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White House
Nixon
Wilson
Great Britain
Harold Macmillan
London
Red Sea
Labour
Sir Alex Douglas
Downing Street
Macmillan
Pat
Sir Alex
President
Taiwan
Korea
Australia
Rogers
Syngman Rhee
Chiang Kai-shek
Robert Menzies
Mind of man tied to environment in Dr Brain study
Dr Charles Brain, 38, a rising paleontologist, is reassembling ancient man's world from Swartkrans near Krugersdorp. His work links vervet and simango monkeys to early humans, suggesting civilization rise hinges on climate, resources, and productivity rather than race or geography.
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Nehru
Shastri
Pakistan
Ayub Khan
President
English Channel
England
Mildenhall
Charles Hrain
Rhodesia
Brain
Transvaal
Pretoria
South Africa
Swartkrans
Krugersdorp
Dr Brain
Raymond Dart
Paranthropus
Walt Disney
Umfolozi
Natal
Sahara
Japan
Britain
Switzerland
Israel
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Thailand
Trinidad
Senegal
Negro America
Africa
Canton
Cambodia
Asia
Lebanon
Iraq
Islam
China
Egypt
Greece
Rome
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M. W. Fitzhardinge
Eering
Lake Georges
Molonglo
Queanbeyan
Weston Creek
Gundaroo
Brooks
ORGE
Lahore
Dale Carnegie
Vietnam
Saigon
Romania
Ceausescu
United States
Bucharest
Soviet Union
Krushchev
Alan Fitzgerald
Guam
Macapagal
Sukarno
Indonesia
Sarit
India
Mr Presi- Sent
Russell Warren Howe
Johannesburg University
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