The 1953 flooding of the Manawatu and Oroua Rivers was one of the worst on record for the area. This photograph shows Bourke's Drain during the Rangiotu Flood, taken from the Main Road looking towards Palmerston North.
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Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Digitisation ID
- 2014P_IMCA-DigitalMaster_009482
- Title
- Bourke's Drain, Rangiotu Flood
- Held In
- IMCA Digital Archive
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Creation
- Created By
- J Moore
- Place
- Manawatu
- Date
- February 1953
Object rights
- Credit Line
- Palmerston North City Library
- License
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Taxonomy
- Community Tags
- flood,
- natural disaster,
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