Margaret also talks about her strong interest in history and heritage. A River With A City Problem has been nominated for the 2020 Courier Mail People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award. See voting link below. The book explores the history of flooding in the Brisbane River catchment with a focus on the major floods in 1893, 1974 and 2011.
Published: 31 July 2020.
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Ipswich author and historian Margaret Cook talks about her 2019 book A River With A City Problem

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