EXTREME HEAT 25 Jan 1896. Mildura 120 Deg F = 48.8 Celsius
1896 ‘EXTREME HEAT.’, The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 – 1946), 25 January, p. 33. , viewed 25 Jan 2021, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/139720730?#
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.
Ararat, 99; Avenel, 108. Ballarat, 102.5 ; Bendigo, 110; Bridgewater, 112.Castlemaine, 104; Charlton, 110 ; Cobram, 107.Donald, 112; Dunolly, 106; Drouin, 100.Euroa, 104; Echuca, 112.Frankston, 108.Geelong, 110 Gisborne, 108.Hopetoun, 113; Horsham, 112.Kerang, 110; Kilmore, 105.Minyip, 110; Macedon Upper, 101; Mildura, 120;Murchison, 109.5.Nagambie, 110; Natimuk, 115.Pakenham, 108.Rupanyup, 114.Swan Hill, 116; St. James, 110 ; St. Arnaud, 110:Somerville, 104.Tatura, 110; Tallarook, 106; Traralgon, 104.
Wedderburn, 113; Wangaratta, 109.Yarranonga, 112.