The 1953 flood of the Manawatu and Oroua Rivers was one of the worst on record, for the area. This photograph shows some sheep belonging to Norm Terry who are close to being caught in the Rangiotu Flood.
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Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Digitisation ID
- 2014P_IMCA-DigitalMaster_009492
- Title
- Sheep Partially Stranded, Rangiotu Flood
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- IMCA Digital Archive
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Creation
- Created By
- J Moore
- Place
- Manawatu
- Date
- February 1953
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- Palmerston North City Library
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Taxonomy
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- flood,
- natural disaster,
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