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Thursday, December 30, 2010

Lost Flood Photos of Brisbane? c. 1890's

 

These photos are from The Brisbane Courier, Tuesday November 30th, 1926.

 

Caption reads:

The Queensland gunboat Paluma, with other vessels, high and dry in the Botanic Gardens, February, 1893. They were floated off in the second flood a fortnight after being stranded.

 

Caption reads:

Queen street, February, 1893.

 

Caption reads:

Stanley street, South Brisbane, in the 1890 flood.

 

Citation:

1926 'BRISBANE FLOODS.', The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864-1933), 30 November, p. 16, viewed 31 December, 2010,

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21087447

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