River flows are complex but despite our best attempts to harness control over them, history demonstrates that floods are inevitable.
With the current inundation threatening the border towns of Echuca, Moama and Kerang, there are concerns about how the Murray River system further downstream will be impacted.
Looking back at previous flood events along the rivers could provide important insight into lessons learnt from previous disasters, such as the three-month-long 1956 floods that devastated whole communities living along the tributaries.
