Katherine’s worst ever natural disaster - the 1998 flood

Chris McLennan
Updated October 3 2017 - 1:44pm, first published September 26 2017 - 11:23am
The Woolworths supermarket was submerged in the 1998 flood.
The Woolworths supermarket was submerged in the 1998 flood.

Police Commander Maurice Burke was one of many people who responded instantly to Katherine’s worst flood on record in 1998.

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Chris McLennan

Chris McLennan

National Rural Property Writer

ACM national rural property writer based in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria. Career journalist. Multi award winner.

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