Flooding in Mary Street, Brisbane, 1974.

Alice Street, Brisbane, during 1974 flood

Submerged home at Yeronga, 1974

Hold it – and dam the risk, The Telegraph, 29 January 1974

Risk decision is all mine: Clem, The Telegraph, 29 January 1974

Mayor's order on dam puts tiny town in peril, The Australian, 30 January 1974

Mayor orders big dam shut, Courier Mail, 30 January 1974

At the height of the 1974 floods the Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Alderman Clem Jones, ordered the gates of Somerset Dam be shut to prevent the release of floodwaters defying the recommendations of the

Flood map of Brisbane and suburbs, 1975

17 April 2015
17 April 2015

Collection of the Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying, DERM, Brisbane

Flood map of Brisbane and suburbs, 1975. Collection of the Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying, DERM, Brisbane

Queensland in flood, 1974

17 April 2015
17 April 2015

Collection of The University of Queensland Library

Queensland in flood, 1974. This map shows rivers in Queensland that were flooded in 1974: rivers in light blue were in minor flood, in green were in moderate flood and in red were major flood.

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