Change: (Photo album here)Wagga is built on the alluvial floodplain of the Murrumbidgee River so, not surprisingly, it has had to deal with flooding many times. The first flood known to white people occurred in October 1844. This photograph was taken in the early 1870’s1870s of Fitzmaurice Street.   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1268)

Change: Sydney Morning Herald reported thatthat, ‘”On"On Saturday at noon, we were a busy, active, prosperous village; our dwellings abundant in comfort, our gardens smiling and luxuriant. At midnight we were houseless and full of misery; our homes scattered in the waste of waters of the mighty flood.’   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1266)

Change:  the levee was augmented and by the late 1980s North Wagga had one in twenty years’ flood protection. This page was compliled with the help of Sherry Morris' book, Wagga Wagga Floods   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1219)

Change: This is a template page Use this template when you want to use photos and text to tell your story. Click EasyEdit, then highlight this text with your cursor and type over it with your own words: You can write as much as you want! This sample   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 185)