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Diver Rescue From Canal: Caught In Silt, 3 Janu...

Diver Rescue From Canal: Caught In Silt, 3 January 1946

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(Sydney Morning Herald, 3 January 1946, p4)

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From Sheas Creek to Alexandra Canal

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From Sheas Creek to Alexandra Canal

Once a stream draining much of southern Sydney, the conversion of the Sheas Creek to an industrial canal resulted in a polluted and ugly corridor that has defied attempts at remediation

Police

Accidents and disasters

New South Wales Police Force

Largest and oldest police organisation in Australia.

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Alexandra canal

Canal excavated out of Sheas Creek between 1887 and 1900 and named in honour of Princess Alexandra, Princess of Wales and later Queen consort to Edward VII. It has a catchment area of 1380 hectares which includes the suburbs of Alexandria, Moore Park, Redfern. Surry Hills and Rosebery.

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