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Gundagai Floods 1852

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In the middle of the night on 24 June 1852, a catastrophic flood swept through the New South Wales town of Gundagai. The water rose quickly to become a raging torrent that swept whole buildings away and left people clinging for their lives in trees.

Only three buildings were left standing when the water receded. Between 80 and 100 people died, and the disaster remains the deadliest flood in Australia’s recorded history.

Additional information below:

Great flood of June 1852- Make sure to open the PDF in this webpage 

Gundagai flood 

Youtube video 

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