Girl, 13, Survives 30 Metre Cliff Fall Near Queanbeyan
A 13 year old girl lost balance and plummeted about 30 metres from a rocky cliff above the Molonglo River, near Queanbeyan. Found conscious by Constable Bob Longbottom at 3.45 pm, she had a broken arm and pelvis but was in satisfactory condition at hospital. She was with another girl on private property off Captains Flat Road when the fall occurred around 3 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Molonglo River
Queanbeyan
Captains Flat Road
Bob Longbottom
Oneanbeyan Hospital
Girl Rescued After Cliff Fall Amid Police Efforts
Ambulance and six Police Search and Rescue members hoisted a conscious girl from a cliff in Bungendore after a two hour operation. A pulley fixed to a gum tree, rope and a wire stretcher lowered the girl to safety, then to O Queanbeyan District Hospital. The rescue involved residents of the private home and police from ACT. The girl was visiting Canberra friends and had been bushwalking when she fell. Her name was not released pending parental notification in Sydney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ACT Police
Sydney
Canberra
Fraser in Jakarta notes Timor shift limited to humanitarian aid
Australian Prime Minister Fraser said Timor was a small topic in four days of talks with President Suharto. He denied any change in policy toward East Timor beyond a humanitarian aid shift via the Indonesian Red Cross and acknowledged the joint communique reflected that adjustment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jakarta
Timor
Indonesia
Suharto
Fraser
East Timor
DPR
Hua named new chairman of Chinese Communist Party
The New China News Agency confirmed that Prime Minister Hua has been named to succeed Mao Zedong as Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party. Wall posters in Peking and Shanghai hailed Hua as party central committee and military affairs chairman. Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Somare is expected to visit Hua in China tomorrow to discuss diplomatic relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
New China News Agency
Mr Hua
Mao Tsetung
Chinese Communist Party
China
Agence France-Presse
Hua
Central
Military Affairs Commission
Shanghai
Mao
Papua New Guinea
Somare
Hong Kong
Motor cyclist dies near Braidwood town
A motor cyclist died yesterday near Braidwood after a collision with another motorcycle traveling in the opposite direction. The other rider suffered injuries. Police blamed the accident on the crash near the town. It was Braidwood’s first road death of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gouldent
Braidwood
Fitness campaign launches in Canberra with Life Be in It
A new fitness program begins in Canberra promoting the Life Be in It slogan. The campaign urges people to exercise and explains that any physical activity leads to better fitness, aiming to motivate widespread participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canberra
Look to future in Timor policy talk with Suharto
The Prime Minister recalled Australia’s East Timor policy as stated by the Foreign Affairs Minister. The communique mentioned East Timor in two points and repeated Fraser’s comment that the future matters most. Fraser called the Suharto talks highly important for Australia Indonesia relations and noted concerns over balance of power in the Indian Ocean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Timor
Fraser
Suharto
Tratton Oqeenn
Tass
Australia
Suharto to Visit Suharto to Visit Sakrarta
President Suharto of Indonesia accepted Fraser's invitation to visit Amatrala during a Jakarta press conference. A date was not set as both countries discuss the East Timor refugees and future relations. Officials noted Suharto spoke in English, a rarity in negotiations, and emphasized not restating policy but focusing on future work.
Australians See Indonesia as Threat Among Top External Fears
A late March survey shows Australians increasingly fear external threats with the Soviet Union, China and Indonesia rated tallest. Fifty-one percent fear an external threat, up from 36 percent in 1974, while Indonesia emerges as the third most named risk after Russia and China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet Union
China
Indonesia
Russia
Vietnam
Japan
India
Germany
France
America
Britain
Australia
Anop Deine
Anop Teads
Labor
Liberal- National Country Party
ANDP
Australaan
Iran
Funan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Uist Cleaners Fyshwick
Braddon Campbell
Narrabund, Ndah i i
Gul
Captains Flat
Up the
Iil
Longbottom
From David Jensen
Pericw
Fast Timor
New Party
Huy Khuofone
Lao
Braidwood Police
Mr Praser
Indian Ocean
Praser
Suharta
Suhart Hal
Sulyerto
Futorial
Singapore
P.M
Cambodia
Legislative Assembly
Act
Bach Pare
Hungary
Hmungary
World News
Canberra Times
Tye
Prics Ag
Bentley
Wheels
Eric Wiseman
Pedr Davis
Duratone
Yamaha Music Systems
CSSOP
Yamaha
Phillip
Southlands
Jamison
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!