Swimming outside the Globe Hotel, Rockhampton, 1918

Swimming outside the Globe Hotel, corner of Bolsover and South Street, Rockhampton, 1918. From the Capricornian, Central Queensland University Library

Collection of the Central Queensland University Library

Sandbagging the southern approach to the Fitzroy River Bridge, Rockhampton, 1918

Sandbagging the southern approach to the Fitzroy Bridge, Rockhampton, 1918. Central Queensland Collection, Central Queensland University Library

Central Queensland Collection, Central Queensland University Library

Fitzroy River, Rockhampton in flood 1918

Fitzroy River, Rockhampton in flood 1918, looking towards North Rockhampton. Central Queensland Collection, Central Queensland University Library

Central Queensland Collection, Central Queensland University Library

Going to work, Rockhampton flood, 1918

Going to work, Rockhampton flood, 1918. Central Queensland Collection, Central Queensland University Library

Central Queensland Collection, Central Queensland University Library

Flood panorama, Rockhampton, 1918

Flood panorama, Rockhampton, 1918. Central Queensland Collection, Central Queensland University Library

Central Queensland Collection, Central Queensland University Library

Fitzroy River Bridge in flood, 1918

Fitzroy River Bridge in flood, 1918. Central Queensland Collection, Central Queensland University Library

Central Queensland Collection, Central Queensland University Library

Flood scene Rockhampton, 1918

Flood scene at corner of East and Williams Streets, Rockhampton, 1918. Central Queensland Collection, Central Queensland University Library

Central Queensland Collection, Central Queensland University Library

Rockhampton’s great flood of 1918

In the days before roads and railway to Brisbane, the Fitzroy River provided all transport and communications for much of Central Queensland through the port of Rockhampton.

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Train towed across Burdekin River at Inkerman sugar mill, 1922

Train being towed off Inkerman Bridge by donkey engine, flood February 1922.

QR Historical Collection/The Workshops Rail Museum

Railway passengers crossing Fitzroy River on flat wagons, c1900

Railway passengers crossing Rooper’s Bridge on Fitzroy River on 60 flat wagons, c1900. Well dressed women and men carry their own luggage. Cossar-Smith Album, Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

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