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.

From 5th to 9th heavy flooding of practically all rivers between Townsville and Cooktown. Complete dislocation of rail and road traffic, causing serious delays to mail, and much loss of crops. Innisfail isolated and some wharves submerged. A man drowned in Liverpool Creek.

Leichhardt River in flood, Mount Isa. ' John Oxley Library, Stat…