Aug 30

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 coppiceOf green and shaded lanes,Of ordered woods and gardensIs running in your veins.Strong love of […]

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Aug 29

No Ice Age For 5,000 Years Scientist Says 28 Jul 1976

1976 ‘No ice age for 5,000 years, scientist says’, The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995), 28 July, p. […]

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Aug 28

VAST AREA OF STATE BURNT OUT BY BUSHFIRES 04 Oct 1951. One million acres of sheep, cattle and farm country throughout Queensland has already been completely burnt out by the worst bush fires in in the State’s history. It is estimated that over 1000 men are fighting the outbreaks in various areas.

VAST AREA OF STATE BURNT OUT BY BUSHFIRES (1951, October 4). The Central Queensland Herald (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1930 – […]

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Aug 28

WHOLE NATION SWELTERS. 29 Jan 1932. Heat Waves Stubborn Things No sufferer from recent and present heat conditions need think he has the discomfort entirely to himself, for the State Meteorologist, Mr. Mares,told “The Land” on Thursday that the whole of Australia was in the same boat.

WHOLE NATION SWELTERS (1932, January 29). The Land (Sydney, NSW : 1911 – 1954), p. 4. Retrieved August 28, 2022, […]

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Aug 27

HEAT WAVES AT BOURKE. 6 Feb 1906. 120 deg F = 48.8 Degrees Celsius. Comparatively few deaths have been recorded this summer as the direct result of the abnormal heat — sad though those few have been — goes to prove that present conditions have not been so severe as those of the former period.

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

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Aug 27

HEAT WAVES IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT 29 Jan 1896. 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 26

THE CLIMATE OF AUSTRALIA. 13 Oct 1868. It is, of course, impossible to predict that any particular year will be wet or dry, but we may reasonably conclude that there is every probability of a greater number of dry seasons than floods during the next fifteen or twenty years, and those whose interests are likely to be affected either way, will, in my opinion, be acting prudently, by taking precautions rather against droughts than floods.

THE CLIMATE OF AUSTRALIA. (1868, October 13). Empire (Sydney, NSW : 1850 – 1875), p. 3. Retrieved August 26, 2022, […]

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Aug 26

ON THE CHANGE OF CLIMATE. 11 March 1846. “The slight rains which usually fall are absorbed by the parched soil ; and apart from large rivers, the only supply is from scanty springs or muddy waterholes.

ON THE CHANGE OF CLIMATE. (1846, March 11). The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 – […]

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Aug 25

GREAT HEAT WAVES 1906, August 11. Great waves of heat have been felt in Lancashire.

GREAT HEAT WAVES (1906, August 11). Singleton Argus (NSW : 1880 – 1954), p. 4. Retrieved August 25, 2022, from […]

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Aug 25

Coming Weather. 17 Jan 1917. Extreme heat will spread from January 11, from the north and west and affect South Coast areas a few days la0ter, but the “king” heat-wave of this summer, and when the highest temperatures seem likely to he recorded will in all probability traverse the eastern states during the third week of February, and culminate in violent storms and torrential rains

Coming Weather. (1917, January 17). Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser (NSW : 1904 – 1932), p. 6. […]

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