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TitleRemembering the '74 Floods: 50 years onDate Created13th February 2024Program Chasing Our PastPresenterMargaret CookHostMelanie RushAcknowledgementIpswich Libraries Programming City & StateIpswich, QueenslandDescriptionFifty years ago, over the 1974 Australia Day weekend, Ipswich experienced its third highest flood on record as the Bremer River reached 20.7 metres. For 36 hours the city lay under water as flood levels maintained a height of 20.2 metres. Two lives were lost, 43 homes were destroyed with some leaving only their stumps behind. A further 1,674 homes had water in their living areas and 15,000 people were evacuated. As MP Llewellyn Edwards told Parliament, Ipswich was a "devastated, destroyed city".About the PresenterAs an historian, Margaret Cook is fascinated by water and its interaction with humans, animals, and the environment over time. She writes about climate-related disasters, with a particular focus on rivers and floods, and is the author of A River with a City Problem: A History of Brisbane Floods. Margaret has a PhD in history and is a Research Fellow at the Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University and La Trobe University.Asset TypeWebinar / Talk - MP4Music, Audio and Video (Trove mapping field)lectureSound RecordingYesCopyright NoticeThis licence lets you download, redistribute, translate, and remix the work, for NON-COMMERCIAL purposes only.

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Remembering the '74 Floods: 50 years on