Cyclone passed just east of Double Island Pt on 17th and moved SE to Norfolk Is while intensifying. SS Wanganella adrift for a week and Eastern Moon in similar difficulties. Local flooding in Burnett, Dawson and Balonne Rivers.

This event is classified as an East Coast Low.

More about East Coast Lows
Harden Up
Bureau of Meteorology website
The Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research report