Please note, although your property may not have been directly affected by this flood event, the event has been included in your suburb listing because according to the Bureau of Meteorology river gauge data, a catchment near your suburb recorded a high mark. This event may have affected your suburb.

Very high flood at Brisbane. Several lives lost by drowning and a great deal of property damaged.

View along Stanley Street from the intersection with Melbourne St…

Men are lined up along the waters edge opposite the flooded entra…

Floodwaters around James Street, Fortitude Valley, January 22, 18…

Floods at Thompson Estate, Stones Corner, 1887. 'John Oxley Libr…

Floodwaters rise in the heart of Ipswich January 1887. 'John Oxle…

Floodwaters at the Bulimba ferry terminal, Brisbane, January 1887…

Floodwaters at the back of Sandgate Post Office in 1887. 'John Ox…