Brisbane's most devastating floods occurred after weeks of rain in late January 1974. The
"Brisbane's Flood History 1974-2011" is a video showcasing a series of powerful images of the floods that have rocked our city and our state over the last 37.
Brisbane 1974 floods The Chronicle
Four decades on, take a look back at photos of the devastating floods that swamped Brisbane on the Australia Day weekend in 1974. Fourteen people died, at least 6,700 homes were inundated and there was $980 million ($8.1 billion in 2014 terms) of damage after the swollen Brisbane river surged through the city on Sunday January 27.
Brisbane's most devastating floods occurred after weeks of rain in late January 1974. The
Explore the scope and scale of the 1974 floods, which hit much of South East Queensland. The overall damage bill was close to $1billion.Australia Day, 1974,.
Brisbane's flood and the lessons of 1974 BBC News
4:18pm Mar 1, 2022 Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk today confirmed the "unbelievable" statistic that Queensland had been hit with more rainfall now than the devastating flood of 1974. "It is off the charts," Ms Palaszczuk said of the deadly rain bomb which has hammered south-east Queensland and is now moving down the New South Wales coast.
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Brisbane's 1974 floods 19 Images Forty years on from the 1974 floods, we take a look at the most devastating natural disaster to strike the city. January 24, 2014 — 9.01pm. Save.
Gallery Brisbane's 1974 floods, 40 years on ABC News
Program put together in January 1984 to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Brisbane floods of 1974.
Flood damage at Jindalee caused by the 1974 Brisbane Flood 'John Oxley Library, State Library of
On the last weekend of January in 1974, as Australians marked their national day, an already abnormally wet summer saw new, near-record rainfall that swept floodwater through the city of.
Residents seek higher ground during the 1974 Brisbane flood naa.gov.au
This report on the disastrous Brisbane floods of January 1974 records both the meteorological situation and the flooding, and examines the performance of the Brisbane Valley Flood Forecasting and Warning System during the flood situation. The near-record rains which produced the Brisbane floods were part of a pattern
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In the La Niña year of 1974, an estimated 900 billion tons of rain fell throughout the state of Queensland in January alone. As Brisbane, Queensland's capital city, prepared for its annual Australia Day public holiday on 26 January, a large monsoonal trough, associated with Cyclone Wanda, hovered above the 13,500 km² Brisbane River catchment.
1974 Brisbane flood Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia
The '74 Floods. Festival Hall and Albert Street during the Brisbane River flood in 1974. Generated by a cyclone, the natural disaster claimed 16 lives and left 8000 people homeless. This document was ranked #137 in the Top 150 exhibition. View large map.
Gallery Brisbane's 1974 floods, 40 years on ABC News
The Australia Day Floods, January 1974 by Margaret Cook | Arcadia, Summer 2017, no. 15 - Arcadia Collection: Disaster Histories 1974 Flood Map In the La Niña year of 1974, an estimated 900 billion tons of rain fell throughout the state of Queensland in January alone.
Alice Street, Brisbane, during 1974 flood Queensland Historical Atlas
A man is winched to safety during the floods on January 28, 1974. George Lipman A car park with a lone Mini minor was just visible on the corner of Margaret and Albert Streets.
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The 2014 Australia Day weekend marks 40 years since one of Brisbane's defining historical moments: the 1974 floods. The disaster caused 16 deaths, left 8000 people homeless and was thought to be a one in 100 year event - until January 2011.
Gallery Brisbane's 1974 floods, 40 years on ABC News
By late January in 1974, almost every river in Queensland was in flood. A very slow moving monsoonal trough producing heavy rain had drifted further south than normal and then met the weakening.
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In January 1974 a flood occurred in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia after three weeks of continual rain. The Brisbane River, which runs through the heart of the city, broke its banks and flooded the surrounding areas. The cyclone that produced the flood also flooded surrounding cities: Ipswich, Beenleigh, and the Gold Coast.
Gallery Brisbane's 1974 floods, 40 years on ABC News
Brisbane's most devastating floods occurred after weeks of rain in late January 1974. The Brisbane River broke its banks and flooded thousands of homes. October 12, 2010 — 8.00am 1 / 38 The flooded Riverside Expressway while under construction, with a view of South Brisbane in the background, January 1974.