On 2 March 1949, a tropical cyclone made landfall over Gladstone and Rockhampton which resulted in widespread damage to 15 towns in the region. As a consequence there was severe flooding in central Queensland which left 300 people homeless and 1500 homes affected. The event resulted in four deaths.
Damage at the time of the event was estimated to have cost between £300,000 and £400,000.
Bureau of Meteorology, Tropical cyclone impacts along the Australian east coast from November to April 1858 to 2000, website viewed 3 May 2011
Bureau of Meteorology, Tropical cyclones in Queensland – historical impacts along the east coast, website viewed 3 May 2011
The Age, ‘Four people killed in cyclone’, 2 March 1949, website viewed 3 May 2011
The Courier - Mail Brisbane, ‘Night of terror in cyclone’, 3 March 1949, p 1, viewed on Trove website (ID 49932098), 3 May 2011
Windworker, Queensland cyclone - cyclones to have impacted on Queensland Australia from 1864, website viewed 3 May 2011
