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Summary:

aSix years on from Queensland's tragic ‘inland tsunami', this new edition of The Torrent The Torrent is a unique and powerful account of human courage in the face of the devastating forces of nature. In this expanded and updated new edition, Gearing re-interviews the survivors to discover how they are getting on, recounts the traumatic findings of the Grantham inquiry, and captures the enduring and resilient spirit of the communities affected.

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: From drought to flood
• Spring Bluff
• Murphys Creek
• Toowoomba
• Withcott
• Postmans Ridge
• Helidon
• Carpendale
• Grantham
• aftermath
• Rebuilding
• Controversy
• Five years on
• Appendices
• 1. Flash flood precautions
• 2. Why report on trauma?.

Author/Creator:

Gearing, Amanda , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The torrent: a true story of heroism and survival [by Gearing, A.]

Subjects:

Floods — Australia — Queensland

Disasters — Australia — Toowoomba (Qld.)

Floods — Australia — Toowoomba (Qld.)

Disaster victims — Australia — Toowoomba (Qld.) — Anecdotes

Disasters — Queensland — Lockyer Valley

Floods — Queensland — Lockyer Valley

Disaster victims — Queensland — Lockyer Valley — Anecdotes

General Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 27, 2017).

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

DU135 .G43 2017eb

ISBNs:

9780702258718 (electronic book)
0702258717 (electronic book)
9780702258725 (electronic book)
0702258725 (electronic book)
9780702258732 [Invalid]
0702258733 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1055254422

Other Control Numbers:

EBC4777092 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp13328765