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It has been three decades since Paul Vautin's miracle Maroons pulled off the greatest upset in State of Origin history, and the story of Queensland's unlikeliest heroes shows no signs of slowing down.
Wildlife carers fostering some of Australia’s most precious animals have had to rescue them one by one from rising waters and ...
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred brought winds of up to 100 kilometres per hour and torrential rain when it crossed the coast at ...
“Across late January and February 1893, no less than five cyclones crossed the southeast and central Queensland coasts, sparking the Great Flood of Brisbane.” There is no evidence that Alfred ...
Take, for example, the Great Flood of Brisbane in February, 1893, which caused 35 known deaths. In the days preceding it, a cyclone passed to the north of Brisbane, bringing more than 900mm of ...
The below flood maps show the areas at risk. Take, for example, the Great Flood of Brisbane in February, 1893, which caused 35 known deaths. In the days preceding it, a cyclone passed to the north ...
A few years after the 1893 floods had swept through and devastated the lime works ... Ardrossan was designed by leading architects Chambers & Ford, who practiced in Brisbane between 1920 and 1951 and ...
It has been 35 years since Cyclone Nancy threatened Brisbane. Back in 2019, Cyclone Oma also sat off the coast. While the River City mightn't seem like cyclone territory, the 1893 and 1974 floods were ...
But nothing could prepare Brisbane for the waterlogged events of February 1893, the year of the ‘Great Flood’. That freakish year three floods descended on Brisbane on the 5th, 12th and 19th ...
Brisbane experienced the Great Flood of 1893 – the Black February flood – when the Brisbane River burst its banks on three occasions with about 35 fatalities. The highest 24-hour rainfall total for ...