Aug 05

HEAT WAVES IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT 29 Jan 1896. Climate change assistance 100 years before global warming. “The object is to assist such of the residents of Bourke and other districts as do not posses sufficient means to avail themselves of a change of climate in cases where such a change is considered necessary by the medical officer.”

HEAT WAVES IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT. (1896, January 29). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954), p. 7. […]

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Aug 04

HEAT WAVES AT BOURKE. 6 Feb 1906. 120 deg F = 48.8889 Degrees Celsius. “from 19th December, 1895, to 25th January, 1896, averaged 107. 34 degrees each day, while for the same period, 1905-6, it averaged 108.05 degrees per day.”

HEAT WAVES AT BOURKE. (1906, February 6). The Riverine Grazier (Hay, NSW : 1873 – 1954), p. 4. Retrieved August […]

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Aug 03

WHOLE NATION SWELTERS. 29 Jan 1932. “The pressure system in Australia itself was favorable to intense heat, and the cutting off of what was commonly known as the flow of tropical atmosphere had produced a state of weather stagnation.” 90 years ago the experts took time to find the reasons for prolonged heat waves. Now it’s the easy answer.

WHOLE NATION SWELTERS (1932, January 29). The Land (Sydney, NSW : 1911 – 1954), p. 4. Retrieved August 3, 2020, […]

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Jul 30

HEAT WAVES 14 Jan 1939. 114 deg F = 45.5556 Celsius. “With a reading of 114.1 degrees at 12.50 p.m. to-day’s temperature passed the all-time record of 112.5 established on Tuesday. Country temperatures at 9 a.m. were nearly all in the vicinity of 100 degrees.”

HEAT WAVES (1939, January 14). The Longreach Leader (Qld. : 1923 – 1954), p. 16. Retrieved July 30, 2020, from […]

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Jul 29

WORST HEAT IN HISTORY ROASTS SYDNEY 14jan 1939. 116deg.F = 46.6667C. “All records were swept aside in Sydney to-day by a scaring heat-wave from the west.”

WORST HEAT IN HISTORY ROASTS SYDNEY (1939, January 14). The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 – 1954), p. 1 (LAST […]

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Jul 27

HEAT WAVE GROWS TO AWFUL CLIMAX. 14 Jan 1939. “62 Now Dead In Bush Fires TRAGEDIES MOUNT IN COUNTRY”

HEAT WAVE GROWS TO AWFUL CLIMAX (1939, January 14). The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 – 1954), p. 1 (LAST […]

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Jul 22

HEAT WAVES KILL 110. 21 Jul. 1927. “America’s Deadly Summer. There has been no abatement of the heat wave which has been, already responsible for 110 death in the Eastern States of America.”

HEAT WAVES KILL 110. (1927, July 21). North West Champion (Moree, NSW : 1915 – 1954), p. 4. Retrieved July […]

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Jul 17

Heat Waves have Seriously Damaged Queensland Pastures. 21 Jan 1939. In Queensland the heat wave has been intense and continuous. Graziers here expect hot weather in the pastoral areas at this time of the year, but conditions this month have been abnormal.

Heat Waves have Seriously Damaged Queensland Pastures (1939, January 21). Dayboro Times and Moreton Mail (Qld. : 1937 – 1940; […]

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Jul 13

Heat Waves Gas Rationing 21 Feb 1951

HEAT WAVES-AND NOW GAS RATIONING! (1951, February 21). Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 – 1954), p. 45. Retrieved July […]

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Jul 11

Two Deaths Thu. Jan. 14 1932. “Charleville again experienced extreme heat to-day, the temperature reaching 120 deg.” 120deg. f. = 48.8 deg. Celsius

TWO DEATHS. (1932, January 14). The Central Queensland Herald (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1930 – 1956), p. 33. Retrieved July 11, […]

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