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A Change in the Weather

We live between weather and climate – between the daily experience of nature and our attempts to discern the patterns and regularities that define an Australian climate. In this land of extremes, where climatic variability is the norm, we are constantly challenged by the experience of change.

Posted 01 January 2005 † Tim Sherratt § edited books § weather ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

A climate for a nation

forecast: 1 January 1901 The day had been hot, the air hung ‘heavy and dead’; but as evening approached, ‘ominous-looking clouds’ swept over the city, and a thundery change seemed imminent. On this, the last day of the nineteenth century, as Australia prepared to celebrate its birth as a nation, the people of Sydney looked [...]

Posted 03 July 2001 † Tim Sherratt § articles and book chapters § weather ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , ,

The weather prophets

the charleville rainmaker Cloudy skies at last! On 26 September 1902, the drought-wearied residents of Charleville looked to the heavens with new hope. They knew, of course, that clouds offered no certainty of rain; too often before they had watched them drift on, merely taunting with the possibility of relief. But this time the people [...]

Posted 01 July 2001 † Tim Sherratt § articles and book chapters § weather ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , ,