DescriptionThe worst flooding experienced in Ipswich on record, occurred in February 1893 as three cyclones crossed the coast of South East Queensland and moved inland. The Bremer River flooded three times on the 3rd, 13th and 17th of February. Seven men drowned through the flooding of the Eclipse Colliery at North Ipswich. One of a series of photographs taken by F. A. Whitehead and incorporated into a book of flood images.References (online)Bureau of Meteorology, accessed 24 May 2017
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