Brisbane flood of 1893: Edward & Mary Street photo In 1912 the Sydney Harbour

In 1912 the Sydney Harbour Trust published ambitious plans to develop Darling Harbour and the wharves around Pyrmont into a vast industrial container port

wharf buildings have been converted into upmarket apartment

Creator Department of Lands

⁣Horse drawn carriages at Circular Quay in the 1890s

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

Brisbane flood of 1893: Edward & Mary Street photo In 1912 the Sydney HarbourCreator 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