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Floods devastate Bellingen area with record rainfall and damage
The Bellinger flood, described as the worst in living memory, inundated hundreds of homes and farms, killed hundreds of head of stock, and overwhelmed infrastructure. Rain totals exceeded two inches per hour at times, with extraordinary 24 hour and 1946 flood comparisons.
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Bellinger
Hydes Creek
Bellingen
Doepel
East Bellingen
Bellinger River Co-operative Society
Co-Op
C.W.A
North Bellingen