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    The 1893 Brisbane flood, occasionally referred to as the Great Flood of 1893 or the Black February flood, occurred in 1893 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia...
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    scheduled for May. The appeal was successful. Brisbane experienced major flooding in 1893 and 1974 as the Brisbane River broke its bank and inundated low-lying...
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    down the Brisbane River and decimating Greater Brisbane. In the Wide Bay–Burnett, the city of Gympie suffered its worst flooding since 1893, with the...
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    for Brisbane River catchment". ABC News. 2022-02-22. Retrieved 2022-02-23. "Second person dies in south-east Queensland floodwaters as flash flooding remains...
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    February 1893, a sequence of flood peaks (8.35 metres and 8.09 metres) over two weeks saw the highest recorded flood level in the Brisbane central business...
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    between Ipswich and Brisbane, which previously was only possible through shipping. The first bridge was destroyed in the 1893 flood. In the meantime, ferries...
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    pipe which supplied mains water to South Brisbane. This bridge was partially washed away in the 1893 Brisbane flood. In the meantime, ferries were used to...
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    elections in 1893. The 1893 Brisbane flood caused much destruction including destroying the Victoria Bridge. The land where the Brisbane Cricket Ground...
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    College (Oxford University) and died after rescuing others in the 1893 Brisbane flood. Richard (Dick) Powell Francis was born in Eccles, Manchester, England...
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    1885 and was adjacent to modern day Fairfield Road. Following the 1893 Brisbane flood, the Fairfield Deviation resulted in the railway between Dutton Park...
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    January 2011. Around 35 people died in the floods in the 1893 Brisbane flood. The Brisbane River burst its banks on three occasions in February of that...
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    1924. Brisbane encountered major flooding disasters in 1893, 1974, 2011 and 2022. Significant numbers of US troops were stationed in Brisbane during...
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    (former)". Brisbane Heritage Register. Brisbane City Council. Retrieved 12 August 2020. "A Legacy of Brisbane's Benchmark Floods of 1893: Creating Dam...
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  • the original on 20 May 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2019. "Gundagai Floods 1852". FloodList. Retrieved 22 February 2019. "TROPICAL CYCLONE IMPACTS ALONG...
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    was 2,166 millimetres (85.3 in) in 1893, the year of the 1893 Brisbane flood also known as the Black February floods. By contrast, the rainfall recorded...
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    mortuary chapel was demolished in 1891. The cemetery was flooded during the 1893 Brisbane flood. In 1907, the Ithaca Shire Council began to plan to convert...
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  • candidates won sixteen seats at the Queensland elections in 1893.[citation needed] The 1893 Brisbane flood caused much destruction including destroying the Victoria...
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    It is listed on the Brisbane Heritage Register. The riverside area of West End was badly flooded during the 1893 Brisbane flood. The West End Library...
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    indeed exceptionally wet La Niña years, and February 1893 saw the disastrous 1893 Brisbane flood. 1903–04 were La Niña years, which followed the Federation...
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    Dutton Park and Yeronga. Following the 1893 Brisbane flood, the Fairfield Deviation realigned the route above the flood level onto the current alignment. The...
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  • to Brisbane River; first convict buildings built along William St. 1825 Edmund Lockyer of the 57th Regiment explores the Brisbane River. Notes flood debris...
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    attacked Chinese homes and businesses. In 1893 Brisbane was affected by the Black February flood, when the Brisbane River burst its banks on three occasions...
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    Wivenhoe Dam (category Floods in Queensland)
    completed dam mitigated a potentially severe flood that may have caused damage equal to the 1893 Brisbane flood. Construction work, carried out by Thiess...
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  • Bank collapses, starting the Australian banking crisis of 1893. 4 February – 1893 Brisbane flood devastates Queensland. 14 June – Gold discovered at Kalgoorlie...
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    and Cecilia was the postmistress (see Aldines). They survived the 1893 Brisbane flood but a little later built Pitt's Hotel Cecil on the store site. It...
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  • family. Through war, flood and fire the presses rolled, although, as one edition reports, it was touch and go in the 1893 Brisbane flood: "We must confess...
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    Stanley Street, South Brisbane. However, in the 1893 Brisbane flood (and again in 1897), major floods wiped out many shops in South Brisbane, and owners in that...
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