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Sam Mooy: Australian Floods 2011 for The Australian

A series of floods hit Australia, beginning in December 2010, primarily in the state of Queensland, but also affecting other Australian states, including New South Wales and Victoria in January 2011. The national floods of 2011 forced the evacuation of thousands of people from nearly 70 towns across Australia. © 2011 Sam Mooy/The Australian Newspaper

An aerial over an affected property in the township of Griffith, New South Wales. © Sam Mooy 2011
  
Local residents prepare to cross the main street in the township of Lawrence, New South Wales. © Sam Mooy 2011
  
Local grain farmers prepare to cross the town of Lawrence, New South Wales. © Sam Mooy 2011
     
  
Local residents stranded on their front porch await the floodwaters to recede in the township of Lawrence, New South Wales. © Sam Mooy 2011
  
Local shop owners wait for floodwaters to recede in the township of Lawrence, New South Wales. © Sam Mooy 2011
  
A local girl walks through her backyard, during flooding in the town of Brushgrove, New South Wales. © Sam Mooy 2011
     
  
Local resident surveys the damage of floodwater through his caravan park, in the town of Boggabilla, New South Wales. © Sam Mooy 2011
  
Local residents wade through the main street in the town of Lawrence, New South Wales. © Sam Mooy 2011
  
Local farmers prepare to move stock to higher ground as flood waters rise near the town of Shark, New South Wales. © Sam Mooy 2011
     
  
Local residents travel through the township of Lawrence, New South Wales as flood water continues to rise. © Sam Mooy 2011
  
A young family take to the shallow floodwaters near the town of Brushgrove, New South Wales. © Sam Mooy 2011
  
A young boy tries his luck through receding floodwaters in the town of Brushgrove, New South Wales. © Sam Mooy 2011
     
  
Local resident stands idle as floodwaters continue to rise in the town of Lawrence, New South Wales. © Sam Mooy 2011
  
Floodwaters isolate a farmhouse in the township of Lawrence, New South Wales. © Sam Mooy 2011
  
Local children wade through receding swampy floodwater in the township of Boggabilla, New South Wales. © Sam Mooy 2011
     
  
A local Boggabilla man takes time to pause after concluding most of his life long posessions have been lost due to floodwaters affecting his home in the town of Boggabilla, New South Wales. © Sam Mooy 2011
  
A scene picture after the 2011 floods, which hit the town of Grantham, Queensland. © Sam Mooy 2011
  
Australian army personnel search heavy dense bushland near the town of Grantham, Queensland to look for bodies washed away during the 2011 floods. © Sam Mooy 2011
     
  
Queensland water police personnel search dense swampy land near the town of Grantham, Queensland to look for bodies washed away during the 2011 floods. © Sam Mooy 2011
  
Recovery crews assist a man injured in land clearing. © Sam Mooy 2011
  
A father and son survey the damage including shipping containers which had floated kilometres downstream after the 2011 floods in Grantham, Queensland.
     
  
A local resident in the town of Grantham, surveys the damage to his backyard after the 2011 Queensland floods.  © Sam Mooy 2011
  
A local resident in the town of Grantham, surveys the damage to his backyard after the 2011 Queensland floods.  © Sam Mooy 2011
  
Australian Army personnel take time for pause in the town of Grantham, during the process of aiding the recovery of local residents after the 2011 Queensland floods.  © Sam Mooy 2011
     
  
A local woman drives a suburban street in the town of Grantham, taking time to view the damage caused after the 2011 Queensland floods.  © Sam Mooy 2011
  
A local resident surveys the damage and what is left of her home and backyard after the 2011 Queensland floods.  © Sam Mooy 2011
  
A local man surveys the damage to his frontyard and contents of his home after the 2011 Queensland floods.  © Sam Mooy 2011
     
  
Australian Army personnel take time for pause in the town of Grantham, during the process of aiding the recovery of local residents after the 2011 Queensland floods.  © Sam Mooy 2011
  
Local residents surveys the damage and what is left of her home and backyard after the 2011 Queensland floods.  © Sam Mooy 2011
  
A local Grantham man, holding a picture of his family takes time to reflect on the loss of family members, swept away by floodwaters during the 2011 Queensland floods.  © Sam Mooy 2011
     
  
A local resident surveys the damage and what is left of his home after the 2011 Queensland floods.  © Sam Mooy 2011
  
An Australian army soldier surveys the damage  and takes time for pause during aiding the recovery of Grantham residents after the 2011 Queensland floods.  © Sam Mooy 2011
  
A local resident surveys another bout of inbound stormclouds after a severe thunderstorm warning issued by loudspeaker warning the town of possible further flooding,  after the 2011 Queensland floods.  © Sam Mooy 2011
     
  
An Australian flag is hung at halfmast on an affected property in the township of Grantham, Queensland, after the 2011 floods. © Sam Mooy 2011