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1942 floods

Unknown persons transporting supplies and people by boat across a flooded Cooranga Creek, Warra, in 1942. (WDRC)
Sarah Dimond

In February 1942, there was a major flooding event that effected the Western Downs. In the central Highlands, Maranoa and […]

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