In June 2016, Launceston experienced its most damaging floods in nearly 50 years, with similarities to the city’s worst ever flooding in 1929. Thankfully, the city’s recently rebuilt flood levees, a project costing nearly $60 million and taking over six years to complete, proved their worth. The people of Launceston have lived in the shadow of a great flood for nearly a century. In 1929 torrential rains fed destructive floodwaters that claimed more than 20 lives across Northe