AS PART of the 60th anniversary, we bring you a gallery of some of our best photographs of the 1955 flood.
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Today, we bring you a selection of some of our photos from the 1955 Maitland and Singleton floods.
![A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood. A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-v2CS7EADUXATFc4uVq3VgX/5a7af1c1-5737-437d-9cf9-b90b2723d016.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.
![A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood. A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-v2CS7EADUXATFc4uVq3VgX/703f3c88-26ab-4c17-9786-b380cd275e6f.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.
![A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood. A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-v2CS7EADUXATFc4uVq3VgX/3200c663-081e-4c1c-b040-5d08a7ae2ab0.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.
![A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood. A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-v2CS7EADUXATFc4uVq3VgX/8f1c1487-aeb1-4cc3-ab18-c6a06e7523a4.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.
![A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood. A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-v2CS7EADUXATFc4uVq3VgX/853bb834-559f-412f-b340-d879fc2dfbf8.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.
![A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood. A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-v2CS7EADUXATFc4uVq3VgX/792e888c-e252-4ce0-a283-b13d58b94991.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.
![A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood. A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-v2CS7EADUXATFc4uVq3VgX/b8c34f03-c111-4d94-a6e9-30b20ec7e784.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.
![A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood. A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-v2CS7EADUXATFc4uVq3VgX/f823d37a-c70c-4d2f-a501-5a715800677d.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.
![A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood. A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-v2CS7EADUXATFc4uVq3VgX/8985db19-bb14-4dc7-86c4-8e4d02ceaa1f.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.
![A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood. A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-v2CS7EADUXATFc4uVq3VgX/18f9190e-9c69-425c-9280-4c034d60ce94.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.
![A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood. A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-v2CS7EADUXATFc4uVq3VgX/2dbfaed2-6466-4894-892d-947cb4762efb.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.
![A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood. A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-v2CS7EADUXATFc4uVq3VgX/7810d86e-a489-4060-8203-5819c940500c.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.
![A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood. A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-v2CS7EADUXATFc4uVq3VgX/5de38949-6b19-430a-b1e1-8bebc607f5de.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.
![A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood. A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-v2CS7EADUXATFc4uVq3VgX/4e4f49ec-0f17-4896-8b8f-aae2aab6ec89.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.
![A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood. A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-v2CS7EADUXATFc4uVq3VgX/fccbe09d-e45e-4e77-8f4e-60b9c0d78f96.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.
![A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood. A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-v2CS7EADUXATFc4uVq3VgX/9db542c7-849a-4df1-81ba-37d8645811b6.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.
![A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood. A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-v2CS7EADUXATFc4uVq3VgX/a6892db3-734d-4048-8cb7-828893366df5.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.
![A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood. A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-v2CS7EADUXATFc4uVq3VgX/40760fb6-c86d-4fa9-982a-e07a77e8b7f6.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.
![A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood. A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-v2CS7EADUXATFc4uVq3VgX/df3b3cd4-300b-487a-8305-a1c60d32bb01.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.
![A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood. A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-v2CS7EADUXATFc4uVq3VgX/00dab6f2-afe2-45e2-889a-4d0caabb3257.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.
![A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood. A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-v2CS7EADUXATFc4uVq3VgX/f4b62722-ff18-49e1-ad02-771ce16e2f71.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.
![A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood. A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-v2CS7EADUXATFc4uVq3VgX/9d6f8433-3a4d-42ca-bd8e-917c4ade193e.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.
![A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood. A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-v2CS7EADUXATFc4uVq3VgX/0c0a674e-c5fb-41b5-b05f-da4939e6abcc.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.
![A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood. A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-v2CS7EADUXATFc4uVq3VgX/75771be4-8c4f-409b-a9cb-2b2ab3d9d554.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.
![A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood. A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-v2CS7EADUXATFc4uVq3VgX/e558add8-5a6c-49c9-8fe8-48b19d4043d7.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.
![A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood. A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-v2CS7EADUXATFc4uVq3VgX/c6539ba4-fd6d-4d46-98c9-859b6ad2cbef.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.
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A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.
![A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood. A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-v2CS7EADUXATFc4uVq3VgX/bd7e5228-09bb-43ac-b259-8e716aa73695.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.
![A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood. A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-v2CS7EADUXATFc4uVq3VgX/111dfa26-f0b1-48b8-af70-6c14928eaa46.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.
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A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.
![A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood. A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-v2CS7EADUXATFc4uVq3VgX/6e7d58a2-ed74-48ce-a451-79abbb287f05.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.
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A selection of photos from the 1955 Maitland flood.
![Hunter River at Singleton in 1955 Hunter River at Singleton in 1955](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/storypad-69fUThMh3V6mENHE7Nwkb5/545b3f4d-0bd1-44ba-a438-f32dff6f647a.jpg/r0_66_2071_1230_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Hunter River at Singleton in 1955
![Singleton Courthouse February 1955. Singleton Courthouse February 1955.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/storypad-69fUThMh3V6mENHE7Nwkb5/c377a1a1-bc4d-48b0-a2aa-1e45e3907ede.jpg/r0_9_2071_1173_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Singleton Courthouse February 1955.
![Burgess Building, Singleton 1955 Burgess Building, Singleton 1955](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/storypad-69fUThMh3V6mENHE7Nwkb5/8e230a5f-477e-4b57-a0ac-b69e9958092d.jpg/r0_0_1249_1828_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Burgess Building, Singleton 1955
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Singleton Flood 1955
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Singleton Flood 1955
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Singleton Flood 1955
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Singleton Flood 1955
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Singleton Flood 1955
![Farmland near Singleton flooded in 1955 Farmland near Singleton flooded in 1955](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/storypad-69fUThMh3V6mENHE7Nwkb5/efc47393-96f8-4a9e-8b12-894075c52007.jpg/r0_103_1432_909_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Farmland near Singleton flooded in 1955
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