Jul 19

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 RACE […]

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Jun 10

The Heat in the Country Sat. 25 Jan 1908. “Yesterday 119 deg. was registered and the same temperature was recorded today.” 119 deg F =48.3 Celsius

THE HEAT IN THE COUNTRY. (1908, January 25). Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 – 1954), p. 41. Retrieved June 10, 2024, […]

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Sep 30

Hard Hard Country by Slim Dusty 1968. It’s the heat or the cold to extreme. In the winter the icy winds chill you. Or the cruel summer sun fiercely beams. For it’s a hard, hard country, it’s a hard, hard land., And to live in it you’ve got to be a hard, hard man.

It’s a hard, hard country, it’s a hard, hard land, And to live in it you’ve got to be a […]

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Aug 31

My Country, Dorothea Mackellar. I love a sunburnt country, A land of sweeping plains, Of ragged mountain ranges, Of droughts and flooding rains.

The love of field and coppice Of green and shaded lanes, Of ordered woods and gardens Is running in your […]

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Jul 08

HEAT WAVE GROWS TO AWFUL CLIMAX. 14 Jan 1939. From 104.4 at 9 a.m., the highest ever recorded in the city at that hour, the readings rose relentlessly to 113.6 (45.6 Celsius) at 1.30 p.m., an all-time high for Sydney. In the suburbs, away from the sea, even higher temperatures were recorded. One of the highest unofficial readings at Sydney was 121 degrees at Auburn.

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

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Jul 08

HEAT WAVE GROWS TO AWFUL CLIMAX. 14 Jan 1939. From 104.4 at 9 a.m., the highest ever recorded in the city at that hour, the readings rose relentlessly to 113.6 (45.6 Celsius) at 1.30 p.m., an all-time high for Sydney. In the suburbs, away from the sea, even higher temperatures were recorded. One of the highest unofficial readings at Sydney was 121 degrees at Auburn.

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

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Jul 06

HEAT WAVE GROWS TO AWFUL CLIMAX. 14 Jan 1939. From 104.4 at 9 a.m., the highest ever recorded in the city at that hour, the readings rose relentlessly to 113.6 (45.6 Celsius) at 1.30 p.m., an all-time high for Sydney. In the suburbs, away from the sea, even higher temperatures were recorded. The atmosphere in the open was like a furnace blast, and nearly 100 cases of collapse were reported by ambulance officers.

HEAT WAVE GROWS TO AWFUL CLIMAX (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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Jun 09

The Heat in the Country Sat. 25 Jan 1908. “Yesterday 119 deg. was registered and the same temperature was recorded today.” 119 deg F =48.3 Celsius

THE HEAT IN THE COUNTRY. (1908, January 25). Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 – 1954), p. 41. Retrieved June 9, […]

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Oct 05

Dorothea Mackella Poem 1908 Core Of My Heart Extract

I love a sunburnt country, A land of sweeping plains Of ragged mountain ranges Of droughts and flooding rains. Dorothea […]

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