Rockhampton

Floods, Rockhampton 1918 and 1954

Rockhampton, QLD

Australia

23° 22' 30" S, 150° 30' 42.0012" E

See map: Google Maps

1 January 2003

2 November 2010

Location

Rockhampton, QLD

Australia

23° 22' 30" S, 150° 30' 42.0012" E

See map: Google Maps

2 November 2010

Flood map drawn by Barbara Webster from original 1918 and 1954 flood maps, Rockhampton, 2003

Fitzroy River Bridge in flood, 1918. Central Queensland Collection, Central Queensland University Library

Central Queensland Collection, Central Queensland University Library

Rockhampton’s great flood of 1918

In the days before roads and railway to Brisbane, the Fitzroy River provided all transport and communications for much of Central Queensland through the port of Rockhampton.

Interior and exterior images of the Walter Reid Cultural Centre, 2010. Photographs by Ana Stevenson, 2010

Collection of Ana Stevenson

Walter Reid Cultural Centre, Rockhampton: back again

The Walter Reid Centre has long maintained a dominating, yet transformative, presence in the landscape of Rockhampton.