1929 Tasmanian floods

Natural disaster in Tasmania, Australia June 2016 July 2026 thumb|right|The flooding of the suburb of Invermay as seen from across the river. The 1929 Tasmanian floods were the most deadly floods on record in Tasmania's history. They occurred in April 1929, with 22 people were killed and 40 injured. They became known as the "great" floodsEvans, Kathy The 'great' floods of 1929 Tasmanian Historical Studies 2013 18 21–34 1324-048X and the generosity from other states in relief fundshttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21418860 Tasmanian Floods. The Brisbane Courier 22,277 21 June 1929 6 June 2016 12 National Library of Australia and work was invoked for some time after.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91410190 "REMEMBER 1929" The Examiner CII 305 Tasmania 4 March 1944 6 June 2016 4 National Library of Australia The floods helped to prompt the construction of flood levees in Launceston, Tasmania's second-largest city and an important economic centre in the north of Tasmania.Whitaker, pp. 62–65. Northern Tasmania, April 1929 Bureau of Meteorology http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/environ/flood_tas.shtml 2009-07-13 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20090317054300/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/96122/20090317-1643/www.bom.gov.au/lam/climate/levelthree/c20thc/flood3.html 17 March 2009medic Remembering the 1929 Launceston floods ABC 2009-04-06 http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2009/06/04/2589538.htm 2009-07-13 Flooding was predicted by barometers: "Barometers are now falling, due apparently to the southward movement of the depression, and further rain is to be expected, with the probable flood falls in the north-east."April 2023 A deep low-pressure cell over Victoria at 9am, Thursday 4 April 1929 produced north-easterly winds across Tasmania. Rain intensified throughout the day, with the highest rainfall totals coming in the north-eastern corner of the state, but the effects were also felt across the north of the state directly affecting Burnie. Hobart paper, The Mercury reporting about the flood in Derby (a north-eastern mining town) below a failed dam: ...thousands of tons of water rushed at terrific speed down the narrow gorge to the township, uprooting trees and moving boulders of many tons weight as it passed. The first warning was given, apparently by the Assistant Manager of the mine (Mr. W. A. Beamtish) as the waters came in sight, traveling at terrible speed, and so far as is known, Mr. Beamish, who is numbered among the seven men who were reported last night to be missing, was able to warn only those people who were in the mines office before it was overwhelmed, and he himself was carried away.April 2023 The floods and their impact were widely reported.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32271942 TASMANIAN FLOODS. The West Australian XLV 8,364 10 April 1929 6 June 2016 16 National Library of Australiahttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222707028 TASMANIAN FLOODS The Sun 5747 Sydney 11 April 1929 6 June 2016 13 National Library of Australiahttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16545386 TASMANIAN FLOODS. The Sydney Morning Herald 28,476 11 April 1929 6 June 2016 10 National Library of Australiahttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article119322742 TASMANIAN FLOODS The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal New South Wales 12 April 1929 6 June 2016 2 National Library of Australia Notes 30em References Richard Whitaker 2005 Reed New Holland 1-877069-38-8 Australia's Natural Disasters Category:1929 in Australia 1929 Category:Launceston, Tasmania Category:1920s in Tasmania Category:1929 disasters in Australia Category:1929 natural disasters Category:1920s floods Category:20th-century floods in Oceania