DescriptionAs reported by the Moreton Bay Courier, 30 May 1857, "the river began to rise on Tuesday morning (at Ipswich) more rapidly than usual, and on Thursday afternoon it had attained the maximum height of between 35 and 40 feet above the level, being 14 feet less, we believe, than when it rose in the great flood of 1839 when, according to the statement of one who resided here at the time (probably one of the Thorn household), the river overflowed its banks to the extent of 54 feet completely filling all the gullies leading from the Bremer to what are today the main streets of the town, and inundating the country to the eastward of the Main Range for many miles." References (online)Bureau of Meteorology website, accessed 27 June 2011
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