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Shire of Toodyay > Records

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

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1955

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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

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

BOYAGERRING Brook

Year

1955

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Geotag

-31.551637344099, 116.47036366173

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