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    Cyclone Leonta was a tropical cyclone that caused severe damage in North Queensland on 9 March 1903. It lasted for around twelve hours, and was the most...
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  • following is a list of Australian region tropical cyclones from 1900 to 1910. Cyclone Leonta was a tropical cyclone that caused severe damage in North Queensland...
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  • "Gundagai Floods 1852". FloodList. Retrieved 22 February 2019. "TROPICAL CYCLONE IMPACTS ALONG THE AUSTRALIAN EAST COAST FROM NOVEMBER TO APRIL 1858 TO...
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    Strand and causing major flooding), Cyclone Joy (1990), Cyclone Althea (1971), Cyclone Leonta (1903), and Cyclone Sigma (1896). The city was also affected...
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    1901. At this time Ayr only had a population of 338 people. Although Cyclone Leonta damaged or destroyed most of the town's buildings in March 1903, Ayr...
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  • from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2010. "Cyclone Leonta – Harden Up – Protecting Queensland". hardenup.org. Retrieved 17 January...
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    North Ward. The two story brick building accommodated 70 patients. When Cyclone Leonta struck Townsville in May 1903, it caused extensive local damage and...
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    Thursday 23 November 1893. In January 1903 the building was damaged by Cyclone Leonta. What could be salvaged was used to erect a church hall. A building...
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    show ring neatly encompassed by a white picket fence. In early 1903 Cyclone Leonta crossed the coast causing widespread devastation to Townsville including...
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    an 1888 FDG Stanley-designed building which was severely damaged by Cyclone Leonta on 9 March 1903. While sympathetic to the Stanley design, the Tunbridge...
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    also held there. The building suffered cyclone damage from Cyclone Sigma in 1896 and again by Cyclone Leonta in 1903 when the offices were unroofed and...
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    Marine Department late in March 1900. The new jetty was damaged during Cyclone Leonta in 1903 and by 1910 was in poor condition. Correspondence indicates...
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    buildings in Townsville, has suffered damage from cyclones, notably in Cyclone Leonta in 1903 and Cyclone Anne in 1971, followed by extensive repair work...
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    transferred to the Commonwealth. The building was severely damaged by Cyclone Leonta in March 1903 when two chimneys fell and crashed through the roof into...
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    years and then to William Montgomerie. In 1903 Townsville was hit by Cyclone Leonta, which caused damage to most of the houses on Melton Hill, including...
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    sloping lawn. Major repairs were needed to the grandstand following Cyclone Leonta which struck Townsville with devastating effect in 1903 and a new members...
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    salvaged timber from a previous church on the site that was damaged by Cyclone Leonta in 1903. The church was sold by the Baptist Church in 1981, but its...
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    north meant it was regularly impacted by significant weather events. Cyclone Leonta struck on 9 March 1903, and the deaths of seven patients in the wrecked...
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    and board room were constructed. This building was damaged in 1903 by Cyclone Leonta, but was repaired. Under the Local Authorities Act of 1903 all Divisions...
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    blank wall and the roofline totally altered. Photos taken soon after Cyclone Leonta in 1903 reveal this remnant section, detached from the main hotel. It...
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    Buchanan returned to Thursday Island. The mission hall was destroyed in Cyclone Leonta in 1902 and does not appear to have been rebuilt. At one time the Anglican...
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  • Herbie Ilona Inigo Ita Jasper Joan John Kate Kathy Kelvin Lam Larry Laurence Leonta Les Lua Mahina Marcia Marcus Monica Narelle Nina Orson Oswald Peter Rewa...
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    an 1898 church destroyed in 1903 by Cyclone Leonta, which in turn had replaced an 1884 church destroyed by Cyclone Sigma in 1896. The rectory also is the...
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    was constructed in 1889. This structure and a kiosk were destroyed by Cyclone Leonta in March 1903 and the 1878 curator's cottage badly damaged. Photographs...
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  • shipwrecks: 9 March 1903 Ship State Description Alexandra flag unknown Cyclone Leonta: The cargo ship was driven ashore at Townsville, Queensland, Australia...
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    blown off and the walls of the building damaged with water. In 1903 Cyclone Leonta damaged the roof, and destroyed the jury room. Roof damage occurred...
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    Tovnsvillensis Sacred Heart Cathedral, Townsville, taken in 1903 after Cyclone Leonta Location Country Australia Territory North Queensland Ecclesiastical...
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  • Leonta Horace "Onty" Beer (11 February 1903 – 12 January 1966) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football...
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    Department in March 1900 and the jetty hurriedly constructed. In 1903 Cyclone Leonta struck Townsville and Magnetic Island and caused serious damage to Hayles'...
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    destroyed by Cyclone Leonta in 1903; much of the town was rebuilt after the cyclone. Part of the court house roof was damaged during the cyclone. Ayr and...
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