Brisbane flood of 1893: Queen St etimology Based on Dutch maps depicting

Based on Dutch maps depicting Abel Tasman's 1642-44 voyage to Terra Australis

Whoever discovers and settles it will become infalliably possessed of Territories as Rich and as frutiful

dictating the pattern of settlement to the present day

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

The government's Sydney Harbour Trust jumped at the chance to resume outdated private wharfage and waterfront properties

Brisbane flood of 1893: Queen St etimology Based on Dutch maps depictingCreator 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