Brisbane, a city built along a river, has documented flood events since colonial settlement. John Oxley in his exploratory journey up the Brisbane River in 1824, observed evidence of previous floods, but the Great Flood of February 1893 was considered the most destructive.[1] Three years before that event was the Flood of 1890, which occurred over a period of 3 days from the 11th to 13th March. At the time, a Mr Childs, an old Breakfast Creek and Newstead resident … Continue reading