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Renmark. [B 74180/4] • Photograph

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Summary

Flooding at Renmark, during the 1956 floods, Murray River. Detail of local workers, offloading sandbags to line the riverbank.

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Physical description

photograph (print, black and white), 12.5 x 17.0 cm.

Dates / Publication details

1956

Photographer

Peppercorn, Albert Edward

Collection

Part of Renmark Collection

Subject

Peppercorn, Ted
Renmark Hotel (Renmark, S.A.)
Deep diving
Hotels -- South Australia -- Renmark
Floods -- Murray River (N.S.W.- S.A.)
Floods -- South Australia -- Renmark
Renmark (S.A.)

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Historical information

The 1956 River Murray flood is the most extensive recorded in South Australia since European settlement. Months of heavy rainfall in the eastern states resulted in a massive volume of water surging through the Murray-Darling system, culminating in vast flooding in South Australia. At Renmark, flood flow was an estimated 340,000 megalitres a day, rising to a height of 30 feet on 26 August. Levee banks built by locals and volunteers saved the township, but further downstream Mannum was inundated by floodwaters. Along the river, surrounding countryside with orchards, vineyards, agricultural properties, and homes, was flooded by the record flow. The effect on the river communities was extensive.

Digitisation information

Date

27/04/2015

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,516 x 4,143 pixels (22.9 MP)

Size

68.58 MB

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