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Riverview Dairy Faces Submersion by Canberra Lake
The historic Riverview dairy at Yarralumin will disappear under Canberra Lake in 1963 after rain created a four miniature lakes yesterday. Cattle were auctioned before the inundation with about 155 head selling for an average of £53 each. top bid reached £61 from Buyery on the South Coast. Buyers walked ankle-deep mud to the sale, while the two-storey white farmhouse and dairy buildings will be covered by the rising water.
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