Floods in Victoria.-Railway Bridge, Near Runnymeade.

Rare c.19th, hand coloured engraving depicting passengrers walking away from the train over the flooded railway line.

The 1870’s devasting floods in Victoria near Runnymeade were described as a sea, with water covering the plains three feet deep from O’Dea’s Creek halfway to Runnymede. Railway traffic was halted on the Echuca line, and the line was found to be dangerously undermined. 

From the original edition of the Illustrated Australian News. 

Collections:
University Queensland: Identifier 991000982479703131
State Library Victoria: PCINF IAN 04-09-76 P.133
National Library Australia: Bib ID 2495305
State Library New South Wales: CALL NUMBERS F079/55, TN380
Royal Geographic Society SA: RGS Special Coll. 079.94 I29d

References:
Syme, E. & D, Illustrated Australian News. ISSN 2208-5386.