Jan 12

EXTREME HEAT. 09 Jan 1897. The thermometer in Melbourne yesterday registered 108 in the shade. = 42.2 Celsius.

EXTREME HEAT. (1897, January 9). Macleay Argus (Kempsey, NSW : 1885 – 1907; 1909 – 1910; 1912 – 1913; 1915 – […]

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Jan 10

EXTREME HEAT. 09 Jan 1897. The thermometer in Melbourne yesterday registered 108 in the shade. = 42.2 Celsius.

EXTREME HEAT. (1897, January 9). Macleay Argus (Kempsey, NSW : 1885 – 1907; 1909 – 1910; 1912 – 1913; 1915 – […]

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Jan 10

EXTREME HEAT AT MELBOURNE. 10 Jan 1905. The thermometer registering 104 degrees in the shade. = 40 Celsius

EXTREME HEAT AT MELBOURNE. (1905, January 10). The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 – 1924), p. 5. Retrieved January 10, 2024, […]

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Jan 08

BOURKE’S EXTREME HEAT. SYDNEY, January 7. Bourke reports a thermometer reading of 120. 48.8 Celsuis.

BOURKE’S EXTREME HEAT. (1914, January 10). Observer (Adelaide, SA : 1905 – 1931), p. 36. Retrieved January 8, 2024, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/163119749?searchTerm=extreme%20heat%20in%20sydney# Hot, […]

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Jan 02

HEAT WAVE IN SOUTHERN STATES 01 Jan 1942. The maximum temperature was over 104 degrees. The following day it reached 105.6 deg., and stayed over the century mark for eight hours. In Adelaide on Christmas Day the maximum rose to 108.2 deg. = 42.3 Celsius.

HEAT WAVES IN SOUTHERN STATES (1942, January 1). Army News (Darwin, NT : 1941 – 1946), p. 2. Retrieved January 2, […]

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Dec 31

EXCESSIVE HEAT. 31 Dec 1898. At Adelaide yesterday the thermometer registered 108 in the shade. = 42.2 Celsius

EXCESSIVE HEAT. (1898, December 31). Macleay Argus (Kempsey, NSW : 1885 – 1907; 1909 – 1910; 1912 – 1913; 1915 – […]

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Dec 19

VICTIM OF EXTREME HEAT. December 19,1919

VICTIM OF EXTREME HEAT. (1919, December 19). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1957), p. 7. Retrieved December 19, 2023, […]

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Jun 09

Hiding Australia’s Hot Past Tony Heller

“If the present refuses to get warmer, then the past must become cooler”

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May 17

EXTREME HEAT. 25 Jan 1896. So unexampled a spell of extreme temperature has caused much sickness and many deaths. In the Bourke district 35 deaths have occurred which are directly ascribable to heat. Persons drop down in the street and die without regaining consciousness.

EXTREME HEAT. (1896, January 25). The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 – 1946), p. 33. Retrieved May 17, 2023, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/139720730?# So […]

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Feb 24

HEAT WAVE. High Temperatures. 23 FEB 1925. 112 DEC. AT COLLARENEBRI. = 44.4 Celsius

HEAT WAVE. (1925, February 23). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954), p. 10. Retrieved February 24, 2023, […]

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