Brisbane flood of 1893: Queen St etimology Shewing the Electoral Districts of

Shewing the Electoral Districts of North Brisbane

has been cleared for agriculture and urbanisation

where young painters like Tom Roberts and Arthur Streeton whiled away the 1890s depression in creative bliss at places like Balmoral and the Curlew Camp at little Sirius Cove

dictating the pattern of settlement to the present day

Brisbane flood of 1893: Queen St etimology Shewing the Electoral Districts ofCreator 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