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Seventy years on, the 'town that moved' isn't going anywhere
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- The entire north-east Victorian town, or at least its timber buildings, was physically shifted eight kilometres west after an expansion to the Hume Dam made the already high flood risk too great to ignore.
- Between 1954 and 1956, more than 100 timber houses were loaded onto trucks and hauled to higher ground, away from their previously flood-prone location.
- Brick houses and civic buildings were rebuilt, and a number of prefabricated homes were brought in, heralding a new chapter for the once-flourishing goldfield town.
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Link copied Share Share article Seventy years ago, the tiny town of Tallangatta picked up its homes and moved.
The entire north-east Victorian town, or at least its timber buildings, was physically shifted eight kilometres west after an expansion to the Hume Dam made the already high flood risk too great to ignore.
Between 1954 and 1956, more than 100 timber houses were loaded onto trucks and hauled to higher ground, away from their previously flood-prone location.
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