Great Australian flood stories / Ian Mannix.

By:

Mannix, Ian

Contributor(s):

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Sydney : ABC Books, 2012.Description: 234 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780733325304

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

363.34930994 23

Contents:

When the river roared : Drensamaine and Charleville, western Queensland, April 1990 -- Close run thing - Newry, Gippsland, Victoria, June 2007 -- Desperate race - Charleville, wouthwestern Queensland, January 2008 -- Never enough time - Emerald, central Queensland, January 2008 -- Week from hell - Nogoa River Valley, central Queensland, January 2008 -- 'You were flat out seeing the street lights' - Mackay, north Queensland, 15 February 2008 -- 'How did we survive?' - Mt Ive, Gawler Ranges, South Australia, November 2008 -- Struggling aginst nature - Kempsey, northern New South Wales, May 2009 -- Losing the battles: winning the war - Ulmarra, northern New South Wales, May 2009 -- 'It was fantastic what they did' - Condamine River catchment, southern Queensland, December 2010-January 2011 -- Inland tsunami - Grantham, Lockyer Valley, southeast Queensland, January 2011 -- Epilogue / Chas Keys, flood management specialist.

Summary: From the 1970s to the present day, ABC senior journalist Ian Mannix charts the pattern of floods in Australia, and recounts 15 dramatic stories in this book. You'll be shocked and amazed by the courage and heroism in these stories, from the tale of two women trapped in a house infested with snakes as the flood waters rose ever higher, to the daring helicopter rescues of the townsfolk of Newry in Gippsland. You'll also hear about the brave truck driver who saved the town of Charleville in Queensland by putting levee walls in place against the on coming flood. Great Australian Flood Stories also examines the causes and effects of the devastating floods in Queensland, which occurred in 2011.

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From the 1970s to the present day, ABC senior journalist Ian Mannix charts the pattern of floods in Australia, and recounts 15 dramatic stories in this book. You'll be shocked and amazed by the courage and heroism in these stories, from the tale of two women trapped in a house infested with snakes as the flood waters rose ever higher, to the daring helicopter rescues of the townsfolk of Newry in Gippsland. You'll also hear about the brave truck driver who saved the town of Charleville in Queensland by putting levee walls in place against the on coming flood. Great Australian Flood Stories also examines the causes and effects of the devastating floods in Queensland, which occurred in 2011.

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