Keywords: StateLibQld 1 241810 High levels of the Mary River at Gympie, 1870.jpg en High levels of the Mary River at Gympie 1870 Possibly taken by the Brisbane photographer Mathewson 'Rain incessant for twenty hours; river rose over 30 feet and at one place it rose 1 foot in five minutes One-mile township flooded; residents forced to move; 7 5 inches of rain fell in the last 24 hours 1870' Information taken from Extract from 'Results of Rainfall Observations made in Queensland H A Hunt Commonwealth Meteorologist 1914 circa 1869 handle 10462/deriv/125340 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Floods in Gympie 1869 in Queensland Black and white photographs |