Table of Contents
Australian Meteorology through the 20th Century
Introduction
The Origins of Australian Meteorology
Meteorology in the 20th Century
The Weather and Climate of the Twentieth Century
The Great Weather and Climate Events of the Twentieth Century
The Federation Drought, 18951902
The Mackay Cyclone of 1918
Northeastern Tasmanian Floods, April 1929
Black Friday in Victoria, January 1939
Record Floods in New South Wales, February 1955
Fire and StormSouthwest WA, 1961, 1978
Brisbane Floods, January 1974
Cyclone Tracy, Christmas 1974
The 198283 Drought
Ash Wednesday Fires, February 1983
Sydney Hailstorm, April 1999
A Century of Progress in Science and Service
References
Australian Meteorological Milestones of the 20th Century
Endnotes
Index
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Figure 16 Fire in the Penola Forest (SA), Ash Wednesday 1983.
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Figure 17 Tennis ball-sized hail, Sydney, April 1999.
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