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198 historic photos for 1893 Brisbane flood, from 1893, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. All are from the State Library of Queensland; each photo links to its original record.

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swept away in the 1893 Brisbane floods1893Floods at Milton, Brisbane, 18931893After the flood waters have receded, South Brisbane, 18931893Flooded South Brisbane reach of the Brisbane River, 18931893Remains of the Victoria Bridge over the flooded Brisbane River,18931893View of flooded West End from North Quay, 18931893West End during the 1893 Brisbane flood1893Sailing along Breakfast Creek Road at Newstead during the 1893 Brisbane floods1893Edward Street during the 1893 flood1893Toowong Road, Brisbane, during the 1893 floods1893Toowong Road, Toowong, Brisbane, during the 1893 floods1893Victoria Bridge, Brisbane, washed away during the 1893 flood1893Brisbane River in flood at South Brisbane, 18931893Crowd gathered on the north bank of the Brisbane River, observing the floodwaters which washed away the Victoria Bridge, 189318931893 flood taken from the Rosalie Torwood area looking towards old Bishopsbourne18931893 flood damage to jetties and boat houses near the Victoria Bridge1893Panorama of the Brisbane River during the 1893 floods1893Flooding at East Brisbane, 18931893Flooding in Queen Street, Brisbane, 18931893Floodwaters, possibly in the Newstead suburb of Brisbane, 18931893Children standing in floodwaters in Eagle Street, Brisbane, 18931893Looking upstream from the Customs House during the floods, Brisbane, 18931893Looking upstream from the Customs House, showing the flooded Brisbane River, Brisbane, 18931893Looking down the river towards what is left of the Victoria Bridge after the flood, Brisbane, 18931893Looking towards a flooded West End, Brisbane, 18931893Looking across a flooded Brisbane River towards Highgate Hill and South Brisbane, 18931893South Brisbane and all that remains of the Victoria Bridge during the floods, Brisbane, 18931893Brisbane Gas Company buildings are surrounded by floodwaters, Brisbane, 18931893Floodwaters rise on both Queen and Eagle Streets, as seen from the junction, Brisbane, 18931893All that remains of the Victoria Bridge after floodwaters washed away the city end, Brisbane, 18931893Looking across the flooded Brisbane River towards West End, Brisbane, 18931893Looking across the flooded river towards South Brisbane, 18931893Elevated view of the flooded river and West End, Brisbane, 18931893Looking down flooded Albert Street towards the Botanical Gardens, Brisbane, 18931893Floodwaters rise in Alice Street, almost covering the first floor of Overend's building, Brisbane, 18931893Government House and the flooded Brisbane River, looking towards Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, 18931893Collapse of the Indooroopilly Railway Bridge after the 1893 flood1893Indooroopilly Bridge photographed from the river after the 1893 floods of the Brisbane River1893Curator's house at the Botanic Gardens after sustaining flood damage, 18931893Curator's House displaced by the 1893 flood of the Brisbane River1893View of the Curator's House in the Botanic Gardens in Brisbane, after the 1893 floods1893Reclamation after flood damage on Montague Road, South Brisbane, 18931893Flood damage at Indooroopilly upstream from Brisbane after the 1893 flood1893Kerlins general store in Stanley Street, South Brisbane after the floods of 18931893Pettigrew's Sawmill inundated with floodwater, Brisbane, 18931893Boats plying in and out of the debris left by the 1893 floods1893Residents in the South Brisbane drying out after the 1893 Flood.1893Wreckage of houses in the South Brisbane street after the 1893 flood1893Houses underwater in Woolloongabba, Brisbane during the 1893 floods1893View of the city during the floods taken from the Telegraph Tower, 18931893Eagle Street, Brisbane inundated with flood waters, 18931893Boats plying up and down Albert Street in the City of Brisbane, during the 1893 floods1893View of floodwaters from Denmark Hill, Ipswich, 18931893Wreckage caused by floods at the Congregational Church, Ipswich, 18931893Panoramic view of the flooded town of Ipswich, 18931893Children playing in the flooded streets, Brisbane, 18931893Surveying the flood damage at Peel Street, South Brisbane, 18931893Floodwaters in East Street, Ipswich, 18931893Inspecting the floodwaters in East Street, Ipswich, 18931893Brisbane River in flood, looking towards South Brisbane, 18931893West End is inundated by floodwaters, 18931893Looking down flooded Albert Street towards the Oriental Hotel, 18931893Looking towards Government House and the flooded Brisbane River from the roof of Parliament House, Brisbane 18931893Looking across the flooded Brisbane River towards South Brisbane, 18931893Old racecourse at New Farm inundated by the 1893 flood1893Wooden boat being used to ferry pedestrians in Brisbane's 1893 floods1893Children playing in the receding floodwaters, Brisbane, 18931893Eagle Street near the Brisbane River, flooded during the 1893 flood1893Wharves at Brisbane under water from the 1893 floods1893Looking across the Brisbane River to South Brisbane during the 1893 floods1893Edward Street streetscape during the 1893 floods1893West End after the floods of 18931893Ships stranded in the Brisbane Botanic Gardens during the 1893 floods1893Children wading in the floodwaters down Alice Street, Brisbane, 18931893Albert Bridge half washed away in the 1893 floods1893Charlotte Street in Brisbane during the 1893 floods1893Charlotte Street, Brisbane during the 1893 floods1893Newstead inundated with 1893 floodwaters1893Parts of the suburbs of Newstead and Bowen Hills, Brisbane, during the 1893 flood1893West End Brewery after floods, Brisbane, 18931893Ships lay at anchor in the flooded Brisbane River, Brisbane, 18931893Spectators watch as floodwaters threaten to wash away Victoria Bridge, Brisbane, 18931893South Brisbane during the flood, 18931893All that remains of Victoria Bridge at South Brisbane after the floods, February 18931893Looking across the flooded Brisbane River towards South Brisbane, 18931893Ruins of Sutton's Foundry caused by floodwaters, South Brisbane, 18931893Workers washing clothes damaged in the flood, Brisbane, 18931893Floodwaters in the suburb of Newstead, Brisbane, 18931893Gasworks and houses surrounded by floodwaters, Newstead, 18931893Kingsholme during the floods, New Farm, 18931893Floodwaters at Commercial Road, Newstead,18931893MacPherson residence at Montague Road after the floods, South Brisbane, 18931893Toowong Road during the flood, Brisbane, 18931893Children play in floodwaters on Toowong Road during the floods, Brisbane, 18931893House devastated by floods in South Brisbane, 18931893Deshon Street during the Brisbane floods, 18931893Building damaged by floodwaters, South Brisbane, 18931893Flood damaged mill on the banks of the Brisbane River, 18931893Flood damaged house in Cordelia Street West End, Brisbane, 18931893House washed off its foundations in Orleigh Street, West End, during the Brisbane floods, 18931893View from Milton of the Brisbane River during the 1893 floods1893View of the Brisbane River in flood from Jordan Terrace, Bowen Hill, Queensland, 18931893Bowen Terrace residents survey the damage of the Brisbane 1893 floods1893Norman Creek during flood, February 18931893Panoramic view of South Brisbane during the floods, 18931893Panoramic view of South Brisbane during the floods, 18931893View from North Quay during the floods, Brisbane, 18931893James Street, Fortitude Valley, during the 1893 Brisbane flood1893Flood damage on Montague Road, South Brisbane, 18931893Indooroopilly Railway Bridge (First) destroyed by flood, 18931893Brisbane River in flood, Brisbane, 18931893Flood waters seen from the corner of Adelaide and Creek Streets, Brisbane, 18931893Flood waters at the Breakfast Creek Hotel, Brisbane, 18931893Bulimba during the floods of February 18931893Prospect Terrace at Kangaroo Point during the 1893 floods in Brisbane1893Hamilton and the Brisbane River during the 1893 flood1893Curator's residence swamped by flood waters in the Botanic Gardens in Brisbane, 18931893South Brisbane inundated by floodwaters, 18931893Scene at the corner of Albert Street and Elizabeth Street during the 1893 flood1893Floodwaters in Newstead, 18931893Flood waters in Mary Street, Brisbane in 18931893Flooding around Enoggera Creek, Windsor, 18931893View of the ship Corea at the Eagle Street Wharves, Brisbane, during the 1893 floods1893Floods, Ipswich, 18931893Rowney Brothers bookstore in Queen Street, Brisbane after the 1893 flood1893Flood damage at Rowney Bros. Booksellers, 18931893Children in the floodwaters in Adelaide Street. 18931893All that is left of the Victoria Bridge after floods washed a section away, Brisbane, 18931893Flooding around Enoggera Creek, Windsor, 18931893Graham's Hotel during the floods, Brisbane, 18931893Victoria Bridge, Brisbane, during the 1893 flood1893Hope Street, South Brisbane, under floodwaters in 18931893West End after the 1893 Brisbane flood1893Victoria Bridge, Brisbane, photographed during the 1893 flood1893Flood waters at Toowong Railway Station, Brisbane, 18931893T. Lawless' grocery shop on James Street, New Farm, during the 1893 Brisbane floods1893Kingsholme Estate at New Farm inundated during the 1893 Brisbane Flood1893Gresham Hotel during the 1893 flood1893Flood waters in Queen Street, Brisbane, 18931893Floods in Edward Street, Brisbane, 18931893Flooded street outside the Union Bank, Brisbane, 18931893Suburb of West End after the 1893 Brisbane flood1893Flood in East Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland, 18931893Edward Street steam ferry near Kangaroo Point during the flood, Brisbane, 18931893Flooding of Brisbane River in 1893 viewed from Dornoch Terrace, Highgate Hill1893Paluma (ship) aground at the Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, during the 1893 flood1893Floods in Ferry Street, Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Queensland, 18931893Remaining southern end of the Victoria Bridge, during the 1893 Brisbane flood1893Floods in Melbourne Street, South Brisbane, 18931893Floods at Albion, Brisbane in 18931893Elevated view of Fortitude Valley during the 1893 Brisbane flood1893Intersection of Queen and Edward Streets, Brisbane, during the 1893 flood1893Houses submerged in the 1893 flood waters at Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland1893Floodwaters in Manning Street, South Brisbane, 18931893Children standing on the edge of flooded areas in Torwood, Brisbane, 18931893West End Brewery after the flood, 18931893Debris around Pettigrew's Mill yard, William Street, Brisbane, in the wake of the 1893 flood1893Brisbane floods, around Stanley Street, South Brisbane, 18931893Wharves in Brisbane near the Town Reach during high flood waters, 18931893Floods in the suburb of Windsor, Brisbane, 18931893Flooding at the Breakfast Creek Hotel, Brisbane, 18931893Flooded intersection at Ipswich, 18931893Boats rowing down the street in front of the Union Bank during the 1893 floods, Brisbane1893Queen Street Brisbane flooded in the 18931893Indooroopilly Railway Bridge after being badly damaged by floodwaters, 18931893Flooding of the Brisbane River in 18931893Brisbane Botanic Gardens during flood, 18931893View of the 1893 Brisbane flood from Albert Street to the Botanic Gardens.1893Indooroopilly Railway Bridge after the flood, 18931893View of Kangaroo Point during the floods, Brisbane, 18931893

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