Wreckage of a boat and buildings, Bremer River, Ipswich, 1893

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TitleWreckage of a boat and buildings, Bremer River, Ipswich, 1893Date Created1893StudioI.X.L. Studio

Location

SuburbIpswichCity & StateIpswich, QueenslandGeo Coordinatesnot specified

Description

DescriptionThis image is thought to have been taken somewhere along the Bremer River. Possibly a passenger boat, the tangle mass of trees beside it also contains timber buildings and other debris washed up in the flood. As 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."

Originally attributed to the great flood of 1893, it is possible that this image might have been taken during the Ipswich floods of 1898, as the photographer, Benjamin Taylor, is thought to have recorded both flooding events.References (online)Bureau of Meteorology website, accessed 27 June 2011

Connections

Events1893 FloodsPlacesBremer RiverDefining Tulmur | Defining IpswichBoom & Bust: TransportTaxonomy19th Century | 1890s | 1893

Subjects

SubjectsFloodsTimber BuildingsBoats

Asset Details

Reference IDqips-2014-02-23-0031Asset TypeImage - JpegImages, Maps and Artefacts (Trove mapping field)imageColour or Black & White ImageBlack & WhiteOrientationLandscapeGenreFloodTransportPhysical DescriptionPrintHigher Resolution Available (contact Picture Ipswich)YesCopyright NoticeThis work was created prior to the 1st January 1955. It has been identified as being free of known restrictions under the Copyright Act 1968.

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Moral rights remain and the work MUST be correctly attributed to its creator (photographer, studio, author, etc.) with acknowledgement of Picture Ipswich as the source of the work.

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Studio

I.X.L. Studio

Suburb

Ipswich

Events

1893 Floods

Places

Bremer River

Defining Tulmur | Defining Ipswich

Boom & Bust: Transport

This work has entered the Public Domain and is free of known copyright restrictions

This work was created prior to the 1st January 1955 or it is an orphan work (photographer unknown) created more than 70 years ago. It has been identified as being free of known restrictions under the Copyright Act 1968. You can use this work without asking permission. Moral rights remain and the work MUST be correctly attributed to its creator (photographer, studio, author, etc.) with acknowledgement of Picture Ipswich as the source of the work. If you require a higher resolution copy of this work, please contact Picture Ipswich.

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