Brisbane flood of 1893: Queen St etimology Based on Dutch maps depicting

Based on Dutch maps depicting Abel Tasman's 1642-44 voyage to Terra Australis

and while he was examining the neighbouring trees his companions shot sixty-seven

Listed as Critically Endangered (estimated population of 2000)

dictating the pattern of settlement to the present day

This fine Waratah print was first published in Herbier Général de l’Amateur

Brisbane flood of 1893: Queen St etimology Based on Dutch maps depictingCreator Poul C. Poulson (1857 1925) Date 1893 Following a week of rain, including a fall of one metre in 24 hours, the Great Flood of 1893 cost 35 lives and swept away the Victoria Bridge. Poulson's photos capture the event with a surreal immediacy. The scene looks picturesquely venetian with Brisbane's beautiful 19th century architecture, boats penetrating the city's flooded streets, people crowded onto balconies and or wading between city blocks