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Brisbane floods 1893. South Brisbane from North Quay

This photograph is from a black and white 120 format film negative strip featuring four images.

 

This image is of a large group of houses, many submerged to roof level beside the flooded Brisbane River. In the lower left corner 'SB From North quay' is written, and in the lower right corner 'PC Poulsen No. 15'.

 

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Object number: 00048207

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Uploaded on May 23, 2012
Taken sometime in 1893