The Torrent : Toowoomba and the Lockyer Valley, January 2011.
Based on exclusive interviews with survivors, rescuers, and with the families and friends of victims of Queensland's catastrophic summer of 2011, this is a powerful account of human courage. Of all the stories to emerge from the disaster the most dramatic and starkly tragic were those that took...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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University of Queensland Press,
2013
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Based on exclusive interviews with survivors, rescuers, and with the families and friends of victims of Queensland's catastrophic summer of 2011, this is a powerful account of human courage. Of all the stories to emerge from the disaster the most dramatic and starkly tragic were those that took place in Toowoomba and the Lockyer Valley. On January 10, 2011, after weeks of heavy rain and as floodwaters began to overwhelm much of southeast Queensland, an "inland tsunami" hit the city of Toowoomba, the rural districts of Spring Bluff, and Postmans. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (254 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780702248139 0702248134 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
