Brisbane flood of 1893: Edward & Mary Street photo He noted that the red

He noted that the red cedar was ’now very scarce

wharf buildings have been converted into upmarket apartment

reclamations with areas and catalogue numbers of original plans

people crowded onto balconies and or wading between city blocks clinging to ropes

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Brisbane flood of 1893: Edward & Mary Street photo He noted that the redCreator Poul C. Poulson (1857 1925) Date 1893 Following a week of rain, including a fall of one metre in 24 hours, the Great Flood of 1893 cost 35 lives and swept away the Victoria Bridge. Poulson's photos capture the event with a surreal immediacy. The scene looks picturesquely venetian with Brisbane's beautiful 19th century architecture, boats penetrating the city's flooded streets, people crowded onto balconies and or wading between city blocks