floods

Jacaranda

In spring the blooms of the Jacaranda tree infuse the landscape with a distinct shade of purple.

Flood Map City of Brisbane, 1893

1 January 1893

6 November 2013

Anna Wickham: the memory of a moment

The poet Anna Wickham (1884-1947) drew her pen-name from the landscape of her Queensland childhood and youth.

Map showing the flooded areas of the Channel Country, Walkabout, January 1952

Monkira, QLD

Australia

24° 49' 0.0012" S, 140° 31' 59.9988" E

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1 January 1952

24 February 2011

Location

Monkira, QLD

Australia

24° 49' 0.0012" S, 140° 31' 59.9988" E

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24 February 2011

Melbourne

Walkabout

Map showing the flooded areas of the Channel Country, Walkabout, January 1952. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, the University of Queensland

Survival: how the landscape impacts on people

Queensland’s historical landscape encapsulates the tension between threat and survival.

Channel Country, Birdsville, 1980. Postcard by Murray Views, Murray Views Collection

Plan of Rockhampton, 1858

Rockhampton, QLD

Australia

23° 22' 30" S, 150° 30' 42.0012" E

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1 January 1858

2 November 2010

Location

Rockhampton, QLD

Australia

23° 22' 30" S, 150° 30' 42.0012" E

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2 November 2010

Surveyor General's Office, Sydney

Collection Queensland State Archives

Plan of the town of Rockhampton Parish of Rockhampton County of Livingstone, 1858. Surveyor General's Office, Sydney. An early plan of Rockhampton showing the proximity to the Fitzroy River. The floods of 1918 inundated buildings along Quay Street as far as Archer Street. Collection of the Queensland State Archives