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AVON RIVER IN FLOOD AT NEWCASTLE BRIDGE, TOODYAY 1936

Shire of Toodyay
Subcollections
Floods
Overview

Black and white photo of a flooded Newcastle Bridge in Toodyay.
Tree tops are to the right and fence poles and electric power poles to the left.
Telephone lines on the right-hand side of the bridge.
Two people on bicycles and one person on a motorcycle are in the shallow water.
Cloudy sky. Large tree in right foreground. Muddy foreground.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-37-2001.1779
Item type
Photographs
Material
Photographic Paper
Width
85 mm
Height or length
60 mm
Themes
Social History
Inscriptions and markings

On back of photo: in blue ink 'Flood 1936'; stamped: 96.

Primary significance criteria
Historic significance
Geotag
-31.549199031259, 116.46319033417

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Shire of Toodyay

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Avon River in flood at Newcastle Bridge, Toodyay 1936