Survival

Crossing the Burdekin by boat, 1927. Passengers from a mail train are being rowed out to another train waiting on the Burdekin River Bridge.

Headquarters and signals room of Emergency Civil Defence Services, Green Street, West End (Townsville), set up in 1972 after Cyclone Althea struck in December 1971. Slides by Lynne Clancy, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Damage caused by Cyclone Ada, Collinsville, 1970. Damage was caused to the pumping station that supplied water from Bowen River to the town of Collinsville and the power station; an 'underground' pipe at the power station; and left debris on top of the pump well almost obscuring the 33000 volt transformers. Slides by Peter Petersen, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Scenes after the Townsville cyclone, 1940. Damage occurred to the sea baths, the CWA bathing enclosure, sea wall, city baths, Estate Picture Theatre in Railway Estate, a figtree in North Ward, the rotunda in Stand Park and a cottage at the mouth of the Ross River. Photographs from North Queensland Register, 24 February 1940. Collection of John Young