Floodlines Celebrates Queensland Week!

With Queensland Week tomorrow, what better way to celebrate our state’s separation from NSW than focusing on some of the history which makes Queenslanders unique? The three major flood events which devastated Queensland from 1893 right up until 2011, have helped to shape our state and has given Queenslanders a reputation as courageous, resilient, tough individuals, who are able to learn from the past in order to move forward.

Helen Gregory, renowned Queensland historian and curator of SLQ’s exhibition Floodlines, believes the floods helped Queenslanders learn how to stand strong in the face of disaster. She said, “Brisbane's floods in the nineteenth century were certainly devastating events which affected thousands of people very badly, damaged infrastructure, and ruined businesses. Recovery, however, was characterised by the extraordinary resilience Queenslanders again demonstrated in the aftermath of floods and cyclones in 2011.”

Mrs Gregory maintains that Queenslanders should remember and respect the tragedy, but also honour the resilience, courage and generosity, all amply demonstrated during and after Brisbane’s nineteenth century floods.

The Floodlines exhibition – which shares contemporary and historical memories of the Queenslandfloods, and celebrates the spirit of recovery – will be hosting guided tours on the 2^nd and 5^th of June at   SLQ in honour ofQueensland week. Tours conclude with a curator’s talk by Helen Gregory.

For more information see slq.qld.gov.au/whats-on