{"id":439,"date":"2026-03-08T17:09:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T07:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mytestsite.com.au\/tocah\/?p=439"},"modified":"2026-03-09T15:53:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T05:53:01","slug":"1942-mundubbera-flood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mytestsite.com.au\/tocah\/1942-mundubbera-flood\/","title":{"rendered":"1942 Mundubbera Flood"},"content":{"rendered":"

In February 1942, flood warnings were issued to the residents of Mundubbera due to the height of the Burnett River. When the Burnett River burst its banks, it reached a height of one hundred feet in Mundubbera and flooded two hundred miles inland.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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\u2018When it\u2019s flooded \u2013 forget it\u2019 message did not get through to this family during the Mundubbera 1942 flood.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

The Mundubbera railway station was almost completely submerged, the cordial factory severely damaged and the sawmill and bowling green pavilion demolished. Fifty houses in town were inundated and ten were washed away.<\/p>\n

On lady drowned and many people had to be rescued from roofs of submerged houses. There were also huge losses of cattle and farm fences.<\/p>\n

In the aftermath, the riverbanks are strewn for miles with parts of houses, furniture, crops and dead stock. Approximately five hundred homeless people found refuge in the houses of their neighbours.<\/p>\n

Newspaper Sources: The Courier Mail, The Telegraph, Morning Bulletin<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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In February 1942, the Burnett River burst its banks and devastated the town of Mundubbera. Homes, businesses, and the railway station were inundated, leaving hundreds homeless and causing widespread destruction across the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"series":[41],"class_list":["post-439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-historical-events","series-tocah"],"acf":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/mytestsite.com.au\/tocah\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Featured-image-for-1942-Mundubbera-Flood.jpeg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/mytestsite.com.au\/tocah\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Featured-image-for-1942-Mundubbera-Flood.jpeg","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/mytestsite.com.au\/tocah\/feed\/podcast\/tocah","embedCode":"

1942 Mundubbera Flood<\/a><\/blockquote>