The State Emergency Service is a volunteer-based civil defence organisation in Queensland, Australia that functions as an auxiliary to other emergency services, such as police and fire brigades, and a
The badge of the State Emergency Service
State Emergency Service training at Bulimba, Brisbane River, circa 1976
Cyclone Wanda
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Tropical Cyclone Wanda was a weak but very damaging tropical cyclone that caused severe flooding in Queensland after three weeks of continuous rain. The system made landfall as a Category 2 Tropical C
Queensland State Emergency Service
…in the Brisbane area and the QCDO was activated to assist in disaster relief. The QCDO saw a much larger involvement in natural disasters during the 1974 Brisbane flood. In 1975, the State Government introduced the State Counter-Disaster Organisation Act 1975, which was proclaimed on 11 December 1975. The Act established…
Tropical Cyclone Wanda shortly before landfall on January 24
Aerial view looking at the flooding in Mary and Margaret Streets in the Brisbane CBD, January 1974
Victoria Bridge during the floods caused by Cyclone Wanda
"Watermark" in New Farm Park is a red steel sculpture commemorating the flood.