But not in the manner it had desired. ADVERTISEMENT Photos: Flood Waters Recede in Brisbane After a week of intense downpours that followed two months of almost constant rain, the state has ...

Floods swamped Brisbane on Australia Day weekend in 1974, killing fourteen people, destroying more than 6,700 homes and causing $8.1billion of damage. The Brisbane River swelled after near-record ...

Photos from our archives show scenes ... Picture: Earl Bridger The ‘74 flood, though, profoundly changed Brisbane and led to the construction of the Wivenhoe Dam which the politicians proclaimed ...

There were some alarming predictions. The 2011 floods brought Brisbane's real estate market to a halt - but only for the short term. Photo: Glen Hunt “I mean after those floods the days on ...

Flooding at Rocklea in Brisbane’s south last February As of ... “The amount of precious stuff we lost, like family photos and Tom’s baby clothes, was devastating.” Mrs Caller said they ...