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1880
Moree officially opened up to settlement as a town.
1890
January: Heavy rainfall in Queensland, resulting in "the biggest flood [on the Darling] in thirty years" (Federal Standard, Wentworth)
May 24th Floodwaters at Menindie twenty miles wide.
June 28th Floodwaters still obstructing movement of mails.
October Coaches again able to travel upriver from Pooncarie.
December Coaches again able to travel between Wentworth and Pooncarie.
1894
Shearer's Strike at Grassmere, on the Darling River
1920
Drought resulting in many paddle steamers being stranded in the Darling River, esp. at Bourke.
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