NORTHERN AUSTRALIA
GOVERNMENT REQUEST VOLUNTARY EVACUATION (Rec. 0,15 a.m.) BRISBANE, Jan. 27. The mass exodus of probably 70,000 people from the northern Queensland coastal belt and the gulf area is envisaged by the State Government, which has requested the voluntary evacuation of women and children from the possible danger zones. The majority of those to be evacuated will move from three cities —Cairns, Townsville, and Charters Towers —the total population of which is 67,000.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24827, 29 January 1942, Page 5
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