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The torrent : a true story of heroism and survival

✍ Scribed by Amanda Gearing

Year
2017
Tongue
English
Leaves
274
Edition
Updated edition 2017.
Category
Library
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✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Author biography
Title page
Imprint page
Dedication
Contents
Introduction to the second edition
Preface to the first edition
From drought to flood
Spring Bluff
Murphys Creek
Toowoomba
Withcott
Postmans Ridge
Helidon
Carpendale
Grantham
The aftermath
Rebuilding
Controversy
Five years on
Appendices
1 Flash flood precautions
2 Why report on trauma?
Notes
Acknowlegements

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