In February 1942, flood warnings were issued to the residents of Mundubbera due to the height of the Burnett River. When the Burnett River burst its banks, it reached a height of one hundred feet in Mundubbera and flooded two hundred miles inland.
The Mundubbera railway station was almost completely submerged, the cordial factory severely damaged and the sawmill and bowling green pavilion demolished. Fifty houses in town were inundated and ten were washed away.
On lady drowned and many people had to be rescued from roofs of submerged houses. There were also huge losses of cattle and farm fences.
In the aftermath, the riverbanks are strewn for miles with parts of houses, furniture, crops and dead stock. Approximately five hundred homeless people found refuge in the houses of their neighbours.
Newspaper Sources: The Courier Mail, The Telegraph, Morning Bulletin
