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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 from Cyclone Althea at 29 & 31 Somer Street, Hyde Park, Townsville, 24 December 1971. Photographs from inside and outside the houses. The coke-stove chimney had blown in at 31 Somer Street. 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

Damage caused by Cyclone Althea to beach facilities at Pallarenda, 1971. Slide by John Donohue, 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

Collection of John Young

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Emergency Civil Defence Services, Townsville after Cyclone Althea, 1972

Cyclone Althea damage, Hyde Park, 1971

Damage caused by Cyclone Ada, Collinsville, 1970

Damage caused by Cyclone Althea, Pallarenda, 1971

Scenes after the Townsville cyclone, 1940