Corner of Gold and Sackville Streets Collingwood C.1891
Adults and children stand knee deep in water on the corner of Gold and Sackville Streets Collingwood.
The city of was established on a flood plain and the Yarra river regularly spilled its banks, flooding near city suburbs such as Collingwood, Richmond, South Yarra, Prahran and South Melbourne - until the flow of the river was controlled and drainage systems improved.
The flood of 1891 was one of the worst with over 3000 people left homeless and at least 3 deaths. Non-stop rain over a weekend saw the usual areas inundated. As an indication of the severity, the location of this shot is around 1.2kms from the Yarra River at Collingwood.