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BAMOS Dec 2020
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Top left : Flooding around Wentworth Hospital in 1956 . Image : courtesy of the Sunraysia Daily
Middle left : The rainfall decile chart for 1982- for parts of Victoria it was the driest year on record . Image : courtesy of the Bureau of
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Bottom left : ' Possum ’ s ' funeral was held at nearby Wangumma Cemetery , close to his beloved Murray River and was attended by a large crowd of locals . Image : courtesy of the Sunraysia
Daily
Top right : Today , a life-sized statue of ' The Possum ' stands at Fotherby Park , Wentworth , showing him in a characteristic pose : shielding his eyes as he looks across the Murray River and with a rope belt supporting his trousers . Image : R . N . Whitaker
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Rainfall deciles for 1982 ( Bureau of Meteorology )