Memories of Port Fairy devastation in 1946 come flooding back

By Katrina Lovell
October 16 2020 - 4:30pm
Memories: Port Fairy's Jan Willey was just nine when floods inundated her father's bakery. She is pictured out the front of the same house where she, at aged nine, helped hang out clean washing after the 1946 floods (see pic right).
Memories: Port Fairy's Jan Willey was just nine when floods inundated her father's bakery. She is pictured out the front of the same house where she, at aged nine, helped hang out clean washing after the 1946 floods (see pic right).

When river levels started rising and inundating properties in Port Fairy last week, memories of the events of 1946 came flooding back.

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