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VIEW OF TOODYAY SHOWING AVON RIVER IN FLOOD, MID 1950s

1955
Subcollections
Natural Disasters
Overview

A black & white photo of paddocks, fences, trees, buildings in centre and right distance and the flooded Avon River beyond.
Two cable lines are going across sky area from right top corner to centre left.
Front buildings are railway sheds etc. Behind is the Convent Complex. Cloudy sky. Possibly showing the Boyagerring Brook coming into the Avon River in photo centre.

Historical information

This event may possibly be the Feb. 1955 flood, due to there being no records of flooding at Toodyay in 1956.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-37-2001.1775
Item type
Photographs
Material
Photographic Paper
Width
59 mm
Height or length
85 mm
Inscriptions and markings

On back of photo: in blue ink, "'Flood 1956"; stamped 96

Keywords
Flood
Avon River
Toodyay
Railway Sheds
BOYAGERRING Brook
Year
1955
Primary significance criteria
Historic significance
Geotag
-31.551637344099, 116.47036366173
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Last modified
Wednesday, 3 May, 2023
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