In spring the blooms of the Jacaranda tree infuse the landscape with a distinct shade of purple.

Flood Map City of Brisbane, 1893

1 January 1893
6 November 2013
6 November 2013

Copyright © Collection of the Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying

The poet Anna Wickham (1884-1947) drew her pen-name from the landscape of her Queensland childhood and youth.

Map showing the flooded areas of the Channel Country, Walkabout, January 1952

Monkira, QLD
Australia
24° 49' 0.0012" S, 140° 31' 59.9988" E
1 January 1952
24 February 2011
24 February 2011

Location

Monkira, QLD
Australia
24° 49' 0.0012" S, 140° 31' 59.9988" E
Melbourne
Walkabout

Copyright © Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, the University of Queensland

Map showing the flooded areas of the Channel Country, Walkabout, January 1952. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, the University of Queensland

Queensland’s historical landscape encapsulates the tension between threat and survival.

Channel Country, Birdsville, 1980. Postcard by Murray Views, Murray Views Collection 

Copyright © Murray Views Collection 

Plan of Rockhampton, 1858

Rockhampton, QLD
Australia
23° 22' 30" S, 150° 30' 42.0012" E
1 January 1858
2 November 2010
2 November 2010

Location

Rockhampton, QLD
Australia
23° 22' 30" S, 150° 30' 42.0012" E
Surveyor General's Office, Sydney
Collection Queensland State Archives

Plan of the town of Rockhampton Parish of Rockhampton County of Livingstone, 1858. Surveyor General's Office, Sydney. An early plan of Rockhampton showing the proximity to the Fitzroy River. The floods of 1918 inundated buildings along Quay Street as far as Archer Street. Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Flood marker, Fitzroy River, Rockhampton, 2009, showing relative heights of the 1918, 1954 and 1991 floods. Photograph by Barbara Webster

Copyright © Barbara Webster, 2009

Floods, Rockhampton 1918 and 1954

Rockhampton, QLD
Australia
23° 22' 30" S, 150° 30' 42.0012" E
1 January 2003
2 November 2010
2 November 2010

Location

Rockhampton, QLD
Australia
23° 22' 30" S, 150° 30' 42.0012" E

Copyright © Barbara Webster, 2003

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

Ferry boats at corner of East and William Street, Rockhampton, 1918. Central Queensland Collection, Central Queensland University Library

Central Queensland Collection, Central Queensland University Library

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