During late July, the Bolwarra region experienced heavy rainfall causing severe flooding and the deaths of 26 people.
Flood - Bolwarra
Quick Statistics
26
Fatalities
Information Sources
Launceston Examiner, Another great flood on the hunter, 11 August 1857, p 2, viewed on Trove website (ID 36301979), 18 July 2011
Ministry for Police and Emergency Services, 1857 Maitland flood, 18 September 2007, website viewed 18 July 2001
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser, 'Mother disastrous flood’, 30 July 1857, p 2, viewed on Trove website (ID 18645742), 18 July 2011