Report on August 2013 meeting : The history of flooding in Wollongong, and some lessons learned (and not learned)

Chas L. Keys

Abstract

Chas Keys, speaker at the August meeting, examined the occurrence of floods in the Wollongong area since the 1890s. Three significant floods of living memory - March 1975, February 1984 and August 1988 - were singled out for detailed examination.