Maryborough's Biggest Flood

Maryborough Floods 1893 Source: Maryborough Wide Bay and Burnett Historical Society Inc.

Fraser Coast Libraries in partnership with the Maryborough Wide Bay and Burnett Historical Society Inc. have provided access to historical images from the 1890 and 1893 floods in Maryborough. These images can be found here .

Maryborough Floods 1893 Source: Maryborough Wide Bay and Burnett Historical Society Inc.

With high quality copies of this image able to be purchased from the Maryborough Wide Bay & Burnett Historical Society Inc. Contact email museum@maryboroughhistoricsociety.com.au and quote the identifier on the image.

Maryborough Floods 1893 Source: Maryborough Wide Bay and Burnett Historical Society Inc.

Flooding has been a common event in Maryborough. The most recent flood came in January 2013 followed by another a month later. The January flood was the fourth highest in recorded history. Flood waters in 1974 came up a slightly higher than the 2013 flood level. The 1955 flood was the second highest flood with the 1893 February flood breaking the record. New flood barriers have been put in place to protect the city and flood information can be found on the Council's Disaster Management Dashboard under the Regional Flood Map tab.More Fraser Coast Flood Information can be found here Below are flood levels taken from this site:

• 1857 - Above 9m
• 1864 - Above 9m
• 1870 - Above 9m
• 1875 - Above 9m
• 1887 - Above 9m
• 1890 - Above 9m
• 1893 February - 12.27m
• 1893 second flood - 9.89m
• 1898 - Above 9m
• 1955 - 11.24m
• 1968 - Above 9m
• 1974 - Above 10.8m
• 1992 - 9.48m
• 1992 second flood - Below 9m
• 1998 - 6.64m
• 2013 27th to 30th January - 10.7m

What are your memories of the floods?

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