John Oxley Library Souvenir of Floods: Southern Queensland, February, 1893 - Digitised @ SLQ By Myles Sinnamon | 3 February 2018 Featured image for blog post 2659402 Steamer in Queen Street, Brisbane, February 19. Sketch from 'Souvenir of floods : Southern Queensland, February, 1893'. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Steamer in Queen Street, Brisbane, February 19. Sketch from 'Souvenir of floods : Southern Queensland, February, 1893'. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Souvenir of floods: Southern Queensland, February, 1893 was published by the Telegraph Newspaper Company following the devastation caused by the floods. The commemorative booklet contains sketches which were initially featured in The Telegraph and The Week newspapers during the disaster. Front cover - Souvenir of floods : Southern Queensland, February, 1893 Front cover - 'Souvenir of floods : Southern Queensland, February, 1893' Front cover - 'Souvenir of floods : Southern Queensland, February, 1893' In their April 21, 1893 edition, The Telegraph reported that demand for the publication had been so great a limited second edition of souvenir booklets had been commissioned. The Governor's visit to South Brisbane. Sketch from Souvenir of floods : Southern Queensland, February, 1893. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland The Governor's visit to South Brisbane. Sketch from 'Souvenir of floods : Southern Queensland, February, 1893'. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland The Governor's visit to South Brisbane. Sketch from 'Souvenir of floods : Southern Queensland, February, 1893'. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Wharf Street, Maryborough. Sketch from The Governor's visit to South Brisbane. Sketch from Souvenir of floods : Southern Queensland, February, 1893. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Wharf Street, Maryborough. Sketch from 'Souvenir of floods : Southern Queensland, February, 1893.' John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Wharf Street, Maryborough. Sketch from 'Souvenir of floods : Southern Queensland, February, 1893.' John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Brisbane Street, Ipswich on February 5, 1893. Sketch from Sketch from The Governor's visit to South Brisbane. Sketch from Souvenir of floods : Southern Queensland, February, 1893. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Brisbane Street, Ipswich on February 5, 1893. Sketch from 'Souvenir of floods : Southern Queensland, February, 1893'. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Brisbane Street, Ipswich on February 5, 1893. Sketch from 'Souvenir of floods : Southern Queensland, February, 1893'. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Yacht Harriet in Main Street, Kangaroo Point, February 5, 1893. Sketch from Souvenir of floods : Southern Queensland, February, 1893. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Yacht Harriet in Main Street, Kangaroo Point, February 5, 1893. Sketch from 'Souvenir of floods : Southern Queensland, February, 1893'. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Yacht Harriet in Main Street, Kangaroo Point, February 5, 1893. Sketch from 'Souvenir of floods : Southern Queensland, February, 1893'. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Victoria Bridge during the 1893 floods. Sketch from Souvenir of floods : Southern Queensland, February, 1893. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Victoria Bridge during the 1893 floods. Sketch from 'Souvenir of floods : Southern Queensland, February, 1893'. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Victoria Bridge during the 1893 floods. Sketch from 'Souvenir of floods : Southern Queensland, February, 1893'. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Souvenir of floods: Southern Queensland, February, 1893 has been digitised by SLQ and is available to view online. The State Library of Queensland also holds an extensive collection of photographs covering the 1893 floods, some of which can be viewed through our One Search catalogue. Wooden boat being used to ferry pedestrians in Brisbane's 1893 floods. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Image API-033-01-0003 Wooden boat being used to ferry pedestrians in Brisbane's 1893 floods. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Image API-033-01-0003 Wooden boat being used to ferry pedestrians in Brisbane's 1893 floods. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. 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Web page addresses and email addresses turn into links automatically. SLQ comment HTML Web page addresses and email addresses turn into links automatically. Allowed HTML tags: <p> <br> <a href hreflang> <em> <strong> <cite> <blockquote cite> <code> <ul type> <ol start type> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <h2 id> <h3 id> <h4 id> <h5 id> <h6 id> Lines and paragraphs break automatically. CAPTCHA Please confirm you are a real person View our comments policy. Your email address will not be published. Show comments (2) Submitted by Peter Eedy 3 February 2018 Good article, thanks MylesBTW -- photo 8 "Wooden boat being used ..." is looking up Edward Street to Spring Hill from Queen Street -- Finney Isles at left (now the site of Queen's Plaza) and Courier Building at right (now the site of the Commonwealth Bank) Submitted by Sue Brownjohn 25 March 2018 The steamer in Queen Street is “The Foam" a 6 H.P. Tug Boat. My great, great grandmother, Mrs. Wilhelmine Schwemer of Prospect Street, Kangaroo Point owned this boat around 1909. An article in the Courier-Mail for Thursday 19 May 1938 mentioned that during the 1893 flood the crew of the steam launch “Foam” steamed her up Edward Street, into the vestibule of the old Courier Building at the corner of Queen and Edwards Streets where her photograph was taken. This print was sketched from the original photo.
The Governor's visit to South Brisbane. Sketch from Souvenir of floods : Southern Queensland, February, 1893. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland
Wharf Street, Maryborough. Sketch from The Governor's visit to South Brisbane. Sketch from Souvenir of floods : Southern Queensland, February, 1893. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland
Brisbane Street, Ipswich on February 5, 1893. Sketch from Sketch from The Governor's visit to South Brisbane. Sketch from Souvenir of floods : Southern Queensland, February, 1893. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland
Yacht Harriet in Main Street, Kangaroo Point, February 5, 1893. Sketch from Souvenir of floods : Southern Queensland, February, 1893. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland
Victoria Bridge during the 1893 floods. Sketch from Souvenir of floods : Southern Queensland, February, 1893. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland
Wooden boat being used to ferry pedestrians in Brisbane's 1893 floods. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Image API-033-01-0003