Water in the valley: Image gallery

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This gallery contains a range of labelled images for teachers and students to use when studying “Water in the valley”. It includes historical photos and etchings of flooding, photos of communities preparing for flood and field-trip locations, plus useful graphs and diagrams relating to flood history and behaviour in the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley.

Aerial view looking south from Penrith Weir 10 February 2020. Photo by Adam Hollingworth, courtesy INSW

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Aerial view of flooding May 1988. Photo by Drew Bewsher

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Clouds over the Hawkesbury River at Sackville North

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Aerial view of flooding HNV, May 1988. Photo by Drew Bewsher

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Crowd watching floodwater at old and new Windsor Bridge 9 February 2020. Photo by Adam Hollingworth, courtesy INSW.

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Damian Boyce age 9 clings to a traffic sign during Windsor floods May 1 1988, Newspix.

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Flood damage at Penrith powerboat and ski club 1961. Photo source: Penrith City Library

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Flooded horse paddocks, Castlereagh 9 February 2020. Photo by Adam Hollingworth, courtesy INSW

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Flooded Nepean River 10 February 2020. Photo by Adam Hollingworth, courtesy Infrastructure NSW

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Flooded Nepean River

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Flooded paddocks at Agnes Banks 9 Feb 2020

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Flooded South Creek at St Marys 10 February 2020. Photo by Adam Hollingworth, courtesy INSW

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Hawkesbury River 1978. Photo source: Hawkesbury City Library

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Image from the NSW SES booklet: Keeping Your Animals Safe in an Emergency

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Aerial view across Mcgraths Hill towards Blue Mountains 1961

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Looking west across Yarramundi Bridge, 9 February 2020. Photo by Adam Hollingworth, courtesy INSW

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McKenzies Creek and Pitt Town Road 10 February 2020. Photo by Adam Hollingworth, courtesy INSW

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McKenzies Creek, Pitt Town Rd, 10 February 2020. Photo by Adam Hollingworth, courtesy INSW

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Nepean River at Blaxlands Crossing 10 Feb 2020

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Nepean River looking south-west to Tench Reserve and the M4 motorway bridge

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Nepean River near Weir Reserve

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Nepean River 1988. Photo source: Penrith City Library

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North Richmond Bridge, 10 Feb 2020

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NSW SES volunteers assist the community in flood and storm emergencies.

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Old and New Windsor bridge, 10 Feb 2020

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Paddocks at Agnes banks

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Penrith Weir under floodwater 10 February 2020. Photo by Adam Hollingworth, courtesy INSW

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Pitt Town Road 10 February 2020. Photo by Adam Hollingworth, courtesy INSW

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Riverstone house and shed are cut off by rising flood waters May 1, 1988.

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Roads in floodplain showing height of potential flooding sign.

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Roads in the floodplain showing inundation levels sign.

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Ross st in Windsor 1961, Vic Gillespie collection. Photo source: Hawkesbury City Library

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South Creek at St Marys

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St Marys, 10 Feb 2020

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St Marys, 10 Feb 2020

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Stranded Cattle South Creek, 10 Feb 2020

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Stranded trucks in floodwater 9 February 2020. Photo by Adam Hollingworth, courtesy INSW

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Infographics and diagrams

comparison-and-effects-of-the-likelihood-of-different-flood-events-in-an-80-year-lifetime — Comparison and effects of the likelihood of different flood events in an 80-year lifetime.

hawkesbury-nepean-valley-landscape — Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley landscape

hawkesbury-nepean-valley-regionsl-flood-study-area-map — Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley regions flood study area map

patterns-of-floods-hawkesbury-nepean-valley-floods-at-windsor-from-1790-to-present — Patterns of floods, Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley floods at Windsor from 1790 to present.

Representation of flood evacuation route signage in the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley.