Photostory: Images of the '74 flood

31 January 2014

Last weekend marked 40 years since Brisbane's 1974 flood. As these photographs from UQ Archives show, The University of Queensland did not escape the effects of Cyclone Wanda.

This image is in Copyright, please contact Records and Archives Management Services for further information, email; archives@uq.edu.au. — Submerged International House caretakers' residence
Image courtesy University of Queensland Archives, UQA S909 p1641n

This image is in Copyright, please contact Records and Archives Management Services for further information, email; archives@uq.edu.au. — Submerged glasshouses
Image courtesy University of Queensland Archives, UQA S909 p1641l

This image is in Copyright, please contact Records and Archives Management Services for further information, email; archives@uq.edu.au. — Flooded entrance to the Axon building (Building 47)
Image courtesy University of Queensland Archives, UQA S909 p1641h

Exploring the history of Brisbane floods…

'Album of Queensland Flood Views, 1893' (UQFL28 Album 3)
'Ephemera relating to floods and natural disasters in Queensland' (FVF718)
'Once in a lifetime : Personal narrative of the Brisbane flood in 1974' by Enid Robinson (F954)
Photographs from the 2011 flood via UQ News

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7 December 2021