The Torrent
eBook - PDF

The Torrent

A True Story of Heroism and Survival

  1. 272 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Torrent

A True Story of Heroism and Survival

About this book

Six years on from Queensland's tragic 'inland tsunami', this new edition of The Torrent reconnects with the survivors at the heart of the catastrophe. On January 10, 2011, after weeks of heavy rain and as floodwaters began to overwhelm much of southeast Queensland, a 'wall of water' hit Toowoomba and the Lockyer Valley. The Torrent tells the extraordinary stories of survival and loss that emerged from that terrible day.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Author biography
  3. Title page
  4. Imprint page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Introduction to the second edition
  8. Preface to the first edition
  9. From drought to flood
  10. Spring Bluff
  11. Murphys Creek
  12. Toowoomba
  13. Withcott
  14. Postmans Ridge
  15. Helidon
  16. Carpendale
  17. Grantham
  18. The aftermath
  19. Rebuilding
  20. Controversy
  21. Five years on
  22. Appendices
  23. Notes
  24. Acknowlegements