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River Murray Floods 1956 (Mannum and Renmark)

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Uploaded by on Aug 31, 2009

This film shows shows scenes in the towns of Mannum and Renmark during the 1956 River Murray Flood. The flood is considered to be the greatest natural catastrophe in South Australia's history and is the largest ever recorded in the state. The flood peaked 12.3 metres at Morgan.

The film is a selection of footage taken by Laurence S Casson; the State Library of South Australia holds 48 film reels taken by Casson between 1934-1976.

For more information see http://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?c=5120

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  • I hope our great river washes all the turd villas at Mannum straight out to sea.

    the river bank is for all to enjoy (private property) piss off

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