The Hunter River Floods - Part 1
Oct 05, 2020•21 min•Season 1Ep. 18
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Episode description
The tendency of the Hunter River to overflow its banks has always been a source of anxiety to the residents in its vicinity. This episode tells 3 stories of its many flood occurrences. One on 1864, one in 1870 and the other, the aftermath as told by a witness, of the 1955 flood at Maitland. Included, is the story of Tiddalick, based on a traditional Aboriginal Dreamtime story and information about some of the Aboriginal sites in the Hunter Valley.
References:Trove newspapers: - https://trove.nla.gov.au
Lone Harvest: By Kevin Macleod. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Cold Isolation: from Free Music for non-commercial use from https://feslyanstudios.com
Image: Australian Town and Country newspaper - 14 May 1870 'Ruins at back of High Street Maitland'
Email:- marleneduncan@live.com
Facebook Group - Morpeth Moments
References:Trove newspapers: - https://trove.nla.gov.au
Lone Harvest: By Kevin Macleod. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Cold Isolation: from Free Music for non-commercial use from https://feslyanstudios.com
Image: Australian Town and Country newspaper - 14 May 1870 'Ruins at back of High Street Maitland'
Email:- marleneduncan@live.com
Facebook Group - Morpeth Moments
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