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1891 Punt Road - Yarra in Flood

East Melbourne

  • Punt Road Railway Bridge
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Acquisition number
812
Catalogue number
emdf0017
File name
DF0017
File location
Digital File

Two photographs presumed to be taken on 1 August 1891 when the Yarra River flooded to a near record extent causing severe damage to houses and property in Richmond and elsewhere. The location of both photos is at the railway bridge over Punt Road near Swan Street.

Item type
Photograph
Item size
25x20 cm
Number of pages
2
Item condition
Poor
Item inscription

On one of the photos:
"Punt Rd Richmond"

Date of publication or creation
1891-08-01

History of item

Scanned from photos which appear in turn to be copies of newspaper photos.

Year acquired
2010
Donor
Warin Holder
Date digitised
2010-09-21

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