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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Queensland floods or Brisbane floods may refer to: 1893 Brisbane flood 1974 Brisbane flood March 2010 Queensland floods 2010–2011 Queensland floods January...
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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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Richard Powell Francis (category People educated at Brisbane Grammar School)
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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Ipswich, Queensland (section 1893)
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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Somerset Region (redirect from Brisbane Valley)
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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Louisiana floods 2017 Texas floods 2018 Ohio river floods voluntary evacuations were issued from Pittsburgh, PA to Wheeling, WV 1893 Brisbane flood 1940 saw...
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West End, Queensland (redirect from West End, Brisbane)
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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Beenleigh railway line (redirect from Beenleigh railway line, Brisbane)
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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Fortitude Valley, Queensland (redirect from Fortitude Valley, Brisbane)
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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Melbourne Floods in Australia 1893 Brisbane flood 1974 Brisbane flood 1998 Townsville floods March 2010 Queensland floods 2010–11 Queensland floods 2019 Townsville...
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