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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- Object type
- Image
- Date
- February 1953
- Digitisation ID
- 2014P_IMCA-DigitalMaster_009482
- Held In
- IMCA Digital Archive
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- J Moore
- Place
- Manawatu
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