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Floods

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Sketch of the Inundation in the Neighborhood of Windsor taken on Sunday the 2nd of June 1816, 1816

Watercolour, PX*D 264
The ongoing threat of floods can prove disasterous for settlers and farmers. In 1816 Governor Macquarie wrote of "... a complete and awful Flood having taken place [in Windsor] ... to the great injury and distress of the Settlers residing on the banks of the river and creek, who will lose their houses and greatest part of the grain both in and out of the ground". (Journal of Lachlan Macquarie, 1816. Manuscript, A773)
Digital order no: a1539005
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Hawkesbury flood, in 1816 taken from [?]rofton Cottage Windsor No.4, 1816

Watercolour, V1B / Wind / 16
A severe flood swept the Hawkesbury River in June 1816.
Digital order no: a1528471
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Bourke flood, 1890, 1890

Photograph, Looking back to out back : recollections of Bourke flood, 1890 and district by Mrs. Helen Dash, formerly Mrs. White [photographs and manuscript], PXB 259/5

Digital order no: a3441005
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Railway Station, the camping ground of 300 people and 80 horses - area two and a half acres, Bourke flood, 1890, 1890

Photograph, Looking back to out back : recollections of Bourke flood, 1890 and district by Mrs. Helen Dash, formerly Mrs. White [photographs and manuscript], PXB 259/13

Digital order no: a3441013
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Hansom cabs in street during 1893 flood - Singleton, NSW

F H Copeland, Photograph, At Work and Play - 05348

Digital order no: bcp_05348
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Woolshed on "Dunlop" Station, Darling River (first view)

Photograph, Views of scenery on the Darling and lower Murray during the flood of 1886 / New South Wales Royal Commission, Conservation of Water ; C. Bayliss [photographer], Sydney , PXE 674 (vol.1)

Digital order no: a2548017
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Woolshed on "Moorara" Station, Darling River

Photograph, Views of scenery on the Darling and lower Murray during the flood of 1886 / New South Wales Royal Commission, Conservation of Water ; C. Bayliss [photographer], Sydney , PXE 674 (vol.1)

Digital order no: a2548034
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Floodwaters in Echuca - Echuca, VIC

Photograph, At Work and Play - 00127

Digital order no: bcp_00127
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View of town in flood - Quirindi, NSW, 15 January 1910

Photograph, At Work and Play - 04012

Digital order no: bcp_04012
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Floodwaters up to steps of Post Office - Narrabri, NSW, 17 January 1910

Photograph, At Work and Play - 00352

Digital order no: bcp_00352
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Flood in main street - Cobar, NSW, 5814

Kimbel Studios, Photograph, At Work and Play - 05721

Digital order no: bcp_05721
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Flood, Murray River at Albury, taken on Wodonga flats - Albury, NSW, 1917

Photograph, At Work and Play - 00539

Digital order no: bcp_00539
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1917 flood, photograph taken at Edward River Hotel. Three men on horse - Deniliquin, NSW, 1917

Photograph, At Work and Play - 06224

Digital order no: bcp_06224
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Looking west along Bega Street from the Auckland Street intersection during the peak of the 1919 flood - Bega, NSW, 1919

Photograph, At Work and Play - 02058

Digital order no: bcp_02058
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Rescuing sheep in flood time at 'Barokaville' - Walgett, NSW

Photograph, At Work and Play - 03182

Digital order no: bcp_03182
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Flood in Port Germein, SA - Port Germein, SA

Photograph, At Work and Play - 06101

Digital order no: bcp_06101
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View of flood. Corner of Talbragar and Macquarie Streets - Dubbo, NSW, 26 March 1926

Photograph, At Work and Play - 05176

Digital order no: bcp_05176
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Sawmill under flood - Wingham, NSW, 23 July 1921

Photograph, At Work and Play - 01556

Digital order no: bcp_01556
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Inscription on back of photo reads: [sic] "How the Brewarrina mail was delivered during flood." - Walgett, NSW

Photograph, At Work and Play - 03183

Digital order no: bcp_03183
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Train 210 unloading passengers at Gracemere during flood - Gracemere, QLD

Photograph, At Work and Play - 03441
Inscription on back of photo reads: [sic] "The photo on the front is Gracemere between the ballast pit and the distant semaphore you can see how far the water is up and it was eight inches higher than this photo. Worley & I were booked "9y" to Yeppoon on the Sunday train. We got to Gracemere, ran around our train and pushed the coaches into the water so as the passengers could get into a couple of motor boats that were there waiting".
Digital order no: bcp_03441
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Man surveys his vegetable garden in the Narrabeen flood, Apr 1927

Sam Hood, Photograph, Home and Away - 6399

Digital order no: hood_06399
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Tom McMillen's horse team bogged during 1931 flood - Boonoke, 1931

Photograph, At Work and Play - 06413

Digital order no: bcp_06413
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Shearers and wagon tipped over on "Boonoke" during flood - Deniliquin, NSW, 1931

R M G Gatacre, Photograph, At Work and Play - 06565

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Flood scenes, Maitland, August 1952?

Sam Hood, Photograph, Home and Away - 26639

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Farmers gathering crops of carrots, Pilgrim's Farm, Swan Reach, as water recedes, 11/8/1952

Sam Hood, Photograph, Home and Away - 26653
Published in "Newcastle Morning Herald", p 1.
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Loading fodder for Maitland flood areas, 10/3/1955

Sam Hood, Photograph, Home and Away - 27889
Taken for Newcastle Morning Herald.
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Mr Eric Girmon's farm on Ash Island, after the floods, 13/4/1955

Sam Hood, Photograph, Home and Away - 27935
Taken for Newcastle Morning Herald after the Hunter floods of 1955.
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