Great Brisbane floods of 1893 Memento of Eclipse Mine Disaster. The clean up commenced only to be paused when a second less powerful cyclone formed and dumped another smaller flood of 2.4 metres ...

Great Brisbane floods of 1893 Memento of Eclipse Mine Disaster. The clean up commenced only to be paused when a second less powerful cyclone formed and dumped another smaller flood of 2.4 metres ...

In 1824 John Oxley was the first European to observe the flooding of the Brisbane River, noting that the floodwater must have reached at least 50 feet according to the debris caught in the treetops.

Brisbane suffered three major floods during the month of February in 1893. Buninyong’s force decimated the towns of the Brisbane Valley and washed away the Indooroopilly and Victoria Bridges.

In 1824 John Oxley was the first European to observe the flooding of the Brisbane River, noting that the floodwater must have reached at least 50 feet according to the debris caught in the treetops.

In 1824 John Oxley was the first European to observe the flooding of the Brisbane River, noting that the floodwater must have reached at least 50 feet according to the debris caught in the treetops.

In 1824 John Oxley was the first European to observe the flooding of the Brisbane River, noting that the floodwater must have reached at least 50 feet according to the debris caught in the treetops.