https://climatehistory.com.au/2021/02/09/what-was-perths-climate-like-from-1830-to-1875/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/gdj319-fig-0002-m.jpggdj319-fig-0002-mTo date, research on the past climate of 19th century Australia has focused on south-eastern Australia. Combined with the important geographic location for understanding how weather systems move across southern Australia, there’s a strong case for increasing data rescue efforts in the south-western region. Source: Ashcroft et al., 2014.https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/the-inqirer-and-commercial-news-heatwave-december-1868-p3.jpgThe Inqirer and Commercial News heatwave December 1868-p3The Inquirer and Commercial News, January 6, 1869.https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/perth-swan-river-1827-for-web.jpgPerth-Swan River 1827 for webDepiction of the year 1827 at Swan River, Western Australia. Source: National Gallery of Australia.2021-02-17T23:22:06+00:00monthlyhttps://climatehistory.com.au/early-weather-data/slv-gazettes/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/94083-feb1851-met-obs-table.jpgFeb1851-met-obs-tableGovernment Gazette Meteorological observations from February 1851, showing the extreme conditions of Black Thursday. Image: State Library of Victoria (click to enlarge)2021-02-09T05:10:07+00:00weekly0.6https://climatehistory.com.au/contact-us/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/dawes-point-1817-1818-new-improved-for-web-with-credit-1.jpgDawes Point 1817-1818-new improved for web with creditDawes Point 1817-1818.2021-02-04T01:15:07+00:00weekly0.6https://climatehistory.com.au/2020/12/17/previously-unknown-weather-extremes-discovered-in-new-adelaide-record/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/storm_casestudy.jpgstorm_casestudyTemperature and pressure anomalies across Adelaide in July 1847.https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/adelaide_rain_days_1843-1851_low-res.jpgAdelaide_rain_days_1843-1851_Low ResAdelaide Rain Days, 1843-1851https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/extreme-results-web.jpgExtreme results-webA low pressure system across Adelaide in July 1847.2021-01-28T00:39:42+00:00monthlyhttps://climatehistory.com.au/2010/04/20/first-fleet-google-earth/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/fcf71-googleearth-screengrab.jpgGoogleEarth ScreenGrab2021-01-27T06:59:00+00:00monthlyhttps://climatehistory.com.au/2011/06/15/1863-drought-followed-by-devastating-flood/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/507e3-flood1.jpgFlood in NSW circa 1870Image courtesy of National Library of Australia2021-01-12T04:56:25+00:00monthlyhttps://climatehistory.com.au/2011/01/06/bom-releases-annual-australian-climate-statement/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/5278a-low-pressure-system.jpgLow pressure system2021-01-12T04:51:12+00:00monthlyhttps://climatehistory.com.au/2020/12/23/what-weve-learnt-from-history/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/2020-recap-for-web-1.jpg2020-recap-for-webSnow preventing coal and other trains from leaving Petersburg, South Australia, in July 1895.2020-12-23T04:32:35+00:00monthlyhttps://climatehistory.com.au/publications/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/dawes-point-1817-1818-new-improved-for-web-with-credit.jpgDawes Point 1817-1818-new improved for web with credithttps://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/moist-weather-road-to-the-diggings-1816-1878-george-lacy_credit-nla-location-unknown-for-web.jpgMoist weather - road to the diggings 1816-1878 George Lacy_Credit NLA location unknown - for webMoist weather - road to the diggings (exact location unknown) sometime between 1816-1878, painted by George Lacy. Credit: National Library of Australia.2020-12-23T02:36:53+00:00weekly0.6https://climatehistory.com.au/involved/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/get-involved-no-credit-needed-for-web2-1.jpgGet involved no credit needed-for web2https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/get-involved-no-credit-needed-for-web.jpgGet involved no credit needed-for webCover of one of the Adelaide weather journals that our team recently uncovered.2020-11-25T01:42:43+00:00weekly0.6https://climatehistory.com.au/2020/11/24/longest-daily-weather-record-for-adelaide-now-transcribed/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/11/sturt-for-web.jpgSturt-for-webSturt's Overland Expedition leaving Adelaide, August 10th, 1844, by S.T. Gill. Source: Art Gallery of South Australia.https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/11/adelaide_sturt_18703-hq-0.9ec1ba4.jpgAdelaide_Sturt_18703-HQ-0.9ec1ba4Sturt's Overland Expedition leaving Adelaide, August 10th, 1844, by S.T. Gill. Source: Art Gallery of South Australia.2020-11-25T01:33:47+00:00monthlyhttps://climatehistory.com.au/2020/11/19/historical-data-for-future-climate-risk/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/11/frome-lake-for-web3.jpgFrome-Lake-for-web3E. C. Frome, Australia, First view of the salt desert - called Lake Torrens, 1843, Lake Frome, South Australia. Source: Art Gallery of South Australia.2020-11-19T02:53:26+00:00monthlyhttps://climatehistory.com.au/2020/08/20/engineers-who-took-first-weather-obs-adelaide/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/web-adelaide-engineers.jpgWeb - Adelaide engineersA weather observer reads thermometers in a Glaisher (Greenwich) stand, next to a thermometer house (middle) and a Stevenson screen (far left) at the Adelaide Observatory, South Australia, circa 1900. Source: State Library of South Australiahttps://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/adelaide-observatory_glashier-stand-and-stevenson-screen_1883_b-23932-e1597883978423.jpegAdelaide Observatory_Glashier Stand and Stevenson Screen_1883_B-23932The thermometer houses at Adelaide Observatory in 1883, showing a Glashier stand (far left was the main way temperature observations were taken prior to 1908) next to a smaller Stevenson screen (far right, the standardised, modern way that temperature observations are measured today). Source: B-23932 State Library of South Australia.https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/adelaide-gazebo-in-observatory-grounds-on-west-terrace_state-library-of-south-australia_1880.jpegAdelaide-Gazebo in Observatory grounds on West Terrace_State Library of South Australia_1880https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/thermometer_houses_adelaide_observatory_1888.jpgThermometer_Houses_Adelaide_Observatory_18882020-11-19T01:27:08+00:00monthlyhttps://climatehistory.com.au/2020/11/05/1848-floods-in-adelaide/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/11/adelaide-flooding_25-oct-1848.jpgAdelaide flooding_25 Oct 1848Source: Trove, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/4148759https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/11/adelaide-flooding_observer-newspaper-on-24-july-1847.jpgAdelaide Flooding_Observer newspaper on 24 July 1847https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/11/flood-port-adelaide-1865.jpgFlood Port Adelaide 1865An inundation at Port Adelaide on 12 May 1865. This picture appeared in the Melbourne Post on 24 June 1865. The scene was drawn by Samuel Calvery from an original sketch by WA Cawthorne. This was then engraved by R. Bruce. Source: State Library of Victoria. Accession number IMP24/06/65/88.https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/11/adelaide-torrens-river-1919_slsa_prg-280-1-17-241.jpegAdelaide Torrens River 1919_SLSA_PRG-280-1-17-241Approximately 1919: A bridge over the Torrens River with floodwaters passing below. Piles of branches and other debris swept downstream by the torrent have been trapped in front of the bridge’s cross-beam arch. Source: State Library of South Australia.https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/11/adelaide-torrens-river-1923-catching-oranges_slsa_prg-280-1-45-5.jpegAdelaide Torrens River 1923 - catching oranges_SLSA_PRG-280-1-45-5Catching oranges in the River Torrens with improvised nets in September 1923. There are many newspaper reports of people taking advantage of the floodwaters to collect the floating fruit and vegetables as they floated down the Torrens – one of them sadly about a young boy drowning in floodwaters in 1898.https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/11/inundations-at-port-adelaide-1865-for-web.jpgInundations at Port Adelaide-1865-for-webAn inundation at Port Adelaide on 12 May 1865. This picture appeared in the Melbourne Post on 24 June 1865. The scene was drawn by Samuel Calvery from an original sketch by WA Cawthorne. This was then engraved by R. Bruce. Source: State Library of Victoria. Accession number IMP24/06/65/88.2020-11-19T01:16:08+00:00monthlyhttps://climatehistory.com.au/2020/10/08/one-month-in-our-preliminary-results/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/snow-burra-bridge-web.jpgSnow-Burra-Bridge-webhttps://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/snow-in-burra-web3.jpgSnow in Burra-web3https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/preliminary-adelaide-results-10am-temperature-for-web-1.jpgPreliminary-Adelaide-results-10am-temperature-for-web2020-11-19T01:14:03+00:00monthlyhttps://climatehistory.com.au/2020/11/05/project-update-november-2020/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/11/video-screenshot-for-web.jpgvideo screenshot for webCaitlin Howlett, Citizen science project manager at Climate History Australia, ANU 2020-11-19T01:10:55+00:00monthlyhttps://climatehistory.com.au/2019/12/18/introducing-climate-history-australia/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/looking-back-looking-forward-for-web-with-credit.jpgLooking back looking forward - for web with credit2020-11-19T01:04:20+00:00monthlyhttps://climatehistory.com.au/about-us/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/adelaide-snow-1909-for-web.jpgAdelaide snow 1909-for webSnow at Mt Lofty, Adelaide in 1902. Source: State Library of South Australiahttps://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/zak-baillie-lr-for-web.jpgZak-Baillie-LR for webhttps://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/adelaide-snow-1902-photo-for-web.jpgAdelaide snow 1902- photo for webSnow at Mt Lofty, Adelaide in 1902. Credit: SA Community Historyhttps://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/ashcroft-linden-683x1024-copy.jpgAshcroft-Linden-683x1024 copyhttps://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/zak-baillie-square-440x440-1.jpgZak-Baillie-square-440x440https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/adelaide-snow-1902-for-web.jpegAdelaide snow 1902-for webSnow at Mt Lofty, Adelaide in 1902. Credit: SA Community Historyhttps://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/adelaide-snow-1902_for-web2-1.jpegAdelaide snow 1902_for web2https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/adelaide-snow-1902_for-web-2.jpegAdelaide snow 1902_for webhttps://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/adelaide-snow-1902_for-web-1.jpegAdelaide snow 1902_for webSnow at Mt Lofty, Adelaide in 1902. Credit: SA Community History2020-11-18T23:36:12+00:00weekly0.6https://climatehistory.com.au/2011/03/22/el-nino-influenced-australian-identity/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/9f941-federation-drought.jpgFederation DroughtImage courtesy of National Library of Australia2020-11-18T23:22:32+00:00monthlyhttps://climatehistory.com.au/2011/03/31/river-murrays-record-low-flow/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/c285f-drought_swimming_hole.jpgDrought_Swimming_HoleImage by Peripitus (Own work) CC-BY-SA-3.0 2020-11-18T23:19:57+00:00monthlyhttps://climatehistory.com.au/2020/10/08/how-do-we-analyse-historical-climate-data/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/weather-analysis-for-web.jpgWeather-analysis-for web2020-10-07T23:29:47+00:00monthlyhttps://climatehistory.com.au/2020/09/30/help-australias-longest-ever-weather-record/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/naa-photo-web.jpgNAA-photo-webNational Archives of Australia documentshttps://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/nat-archives-e1601450833559.jpgNat Archives2020-10-06T04:54:51+00:00monthlyhttps://climatehistory.com.au/2020/10/01/become-a-citizen-scientist-help-climate-research/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/wendy-howe-for-web-1.jpgWendy-Howe-for-webVolunteer Wendy Howe at her home office, with a historical weather journal on the large screen and the spreadsheet that she uses to transcribe the climate data on the smaller screen.2020-10-06T00:21:55+00:00monthlyhttps://climatehistory.com.au/2020/09/08/16-historical-weather-images-from-the-adelaide-region/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/hq-709hp15-screen-srgb-2000px_web-2.jpgHQ-709HP15 Screen SRGB 2000px_webFrome Salt 'Lake' 18432020-10-01T01:48:08+00:00monthlyhttps://climatehistory.com.au/2020/09/08/citizen-scientists-complete-australias-longest-daily-weather-record/2020-09-15T01:40:10+00:00monthlyhttps://climatehistory.com.au/2011/09/29/research-trip-to-the-state-library-of-nsw/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/2a5ba-claire_slnsw_4.jpgClaire_SLNSW_4Claire Fenby at work in the State Library of NSWhttps://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/395e5-claire_slnsw_3.jpgClaire_SLNSW_3https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/9d6af-claire-at-slnsw.jpgClaire at SLNSWClaire Fenby at work in the State Library of NSWhttps://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/c5132-image_slnsw_no_crop.jpgImage_SLNSW_no_cropTripod setup to capture high resolution images of early instrumental weather datahttps://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/8c6d1-imaging_at_slnsw.jpgImaging_at_SLNSWhttps://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/b8c9b-claire_working_slnsw.jpgClaire_working_SLNSW2020-06-25T02:51:58+00:00monthlyhttps://climatehistory.com.au/2010/06/16/citizen-scientists-help-create-digital-record-of-our-climate-past/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/17d06-streamgate.jpgBlack Thursday. Image: State Library of VictoriaBlack Thursday. Image: State Library of Victoriahttps://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/e4165-bowessmythe.jpgbowessmythe2020-06-25T02:43:09+00:00monthlyhttps://climatehistory.com.au/2010/09/23/library-volunteers/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/28506-from-the-sydney-gazette-and-new-south-wales-advertiser-thursday-13-june-1839.jpgAn end to the drought. Excerpt from the Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser Thursday 13 June 1839 (Click to enlarge).An end to the drought. Excerpt from the Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser Thursday 13 June 1839 (Click to enlarge).2020-06-25T02:40:41+00:00monthlyhttps://climatehistory.com.au/2010/12/02/volunteers-dig-up-tales-of-wild-weather-and-insect-plagues/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/e0458-orgyier-ocks.jpgOrgyier OcksOrgyier Ocks by John William Lewin. Image: State Library of New South Waleshttps://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/c96de-saturnia-feeds-on-eucalyptus-sydney-a601022h.jpgSaturnia feeds on Eucalyptus Sydney a601022h2020-06-25T02:39:47+00:00monthlyhttps://climatehistory.com.au/2012/04/26/extra-volunteers-to-recover-climate-history/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/snow-peterborough-1909-for-web-with-credit.jpgSnow Peterborough 1909-for web with creditSnow storm at Peterborough on 23rd June 1908. Source: State Library of South Australia.https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/a9380-ozdocslogonew.jpgozdocslogoNEW2020-06-25T02:39:10+00:00monthlyhttps://climatehistory.com.au/2020/06/04/snow-falling-less-often/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/1905snowlofty_for-web-with-credit2.jpg1905snowLofty_for web with credit2A snow event in the Lofty Ranges, 1905. Source: State Library of South Australia2020-06-04T03:34:16+00:00monthlyhttps://climatehistory.com.au/documentary/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/melbourne-yarra-river-in-flood-in-1849_with-credit.jpgMelbourne Yarra River in flood in 1849_with creditMelbourne Yarra River in flood in 1849, painted by Wilbraham Liardet. Includes the Yarra Hotel to left, with boats and sailing ships, rainbow, horses, cattle, sheep and birds in floodwater. Also shows horse drawn vehicles including carriages to right. Courtesy of State Library Victoria.https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/melbourne-yarra-flood-1849-liardet-slv-for-web-with-credit.jpgMelbourne Yarra flood 1849 Liardet SLV-for web with creditMelbourne Yarra River in flood in 1849, painted by Wilbraham Liardet. Includes the Yarra Hotel to left, with boats and sailing ships, rainbow, horses, cattle, sheep and birds in floodwater. Also shows horse drawn vehicles including carriages to right. Courtesy of State Library Victoria.https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/get-involved-no-credit-needed-for-web-1.jpgGet involved no credit needed-for webhttps://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/05838-arthur-phillip.jpgArthur PhillipGovernor Arthur Philliphttps://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/d1725-siriusbotany.jpgSiriusBotanySirius and convoy entering Botany Bay, by Lieutenant William Bradley, State Library of NSWhttps://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/29f9c-gazette2.jpggazette2Abstract of April 1840 meteorological journal from Port Jackson, from Victoria Government Gazetteshttps://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/39be6-gazette.jpgGazetteVictoria Government Gazetteshttps://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/81986-mercury.jpgmercuryhttps://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/e2528-bourke-st-hail_1901.jpgBourke St Hail_19012020-05-29T01:37:44+00:00weekly0.6https://climatehistory.com.au/involved/newspaper-tagging/2020-05-20T23:33:46+00:00weekly0.6https://climatehistory.com.au/2020/02/25/understanding-why-australias-extreme-events-are-more-becoming-frequent-and-intense/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/bushfires-for-web-with-credit.jpgBushfires-for web with creditArtwork by John Longstaff depicting a fire in the Gippsland region (1898). Image courtesy the State Library of Victoria.2020-04-06T05:50:22+00:00monthlyhttps://climatehistory.com.au/2018/04/02/black-skies-and-raging-seas-how-the-first-fleet-got-a-first-taste-of-australias-unforgiving-climate/2020-04-06T04:09:45+00:00monthlyhttps://climatehistory.com.au/2017/02/10/delving-through-settlers-diaries-can-reveal-australias-colonial-era-climate/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/delving-diaries-for-web.jpgDelving-diaries-for web2020-04-06T04:08:49+00:00monthlyhttps://climatehistory.com.au/2020/01/14/some-say-weve-seen-bushfires-worse-than-this-before-but-theyre-ignoring-a-few-key-facts/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/january-2020-bushfires-for-web.jpgJanuary 2020- bushfires-for webAustralia is a bushfire-prone nation. But several factors make this fire season worse than those past. Credit: Victorian Government2020-04-06T04:08:16+00:00monthlyhttps://climatehistory.com.au/2012/08/23/two-hundred-years-of-australian-climate-history-revealed/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/136507434-1_the-melancholy-loss-of-h.m.s-sirius-off-norfolk-island-march-19th-1790-by-george-raper-credit-nla-for-web-with-credit.jpg136507434-1_The melancholy loss of H.M.S Sirius off Norfolk Island March 19th 1790 by George Raper credit NLA-for web with credithttps://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/136507434-1_the-melancholy-loss-of-h.m.s-sirius-off-norfolk-island-march-19th-1790-by-george-raper-credit-nla-for-web.jpg136507434-1_The melancholy loss of H.M.S Sirius off Norfolk Island March 19th 1790 by George Raper credit NLA-for webThe melancholy loss of H.M.S Sirius off Norfolk Island March 19th 1790 by George Raper. Credit The National Library of Australiahttps://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/sirius_raper-for-web.jpgSirius_Raper-for webhttps://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/0c7cc-symposium1.pngLinden Ashcroft at the SEARCH public talk2020-04-03T02:49:29+00:00monthlyhttps://climatehistory.com.au/2012/08/30/2005/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/melbourne-yarra-flood-1860-for-web-with-credit.jpgMelbourne Yarra flood 1860 for web with creditMelbourne Yarra flood in 1860. Credit National Library of Australia.https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/melbourne-yarra-flood-1860.jpgMelbourne Yarra flood 1860https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/1b539-melbourne-dec-1863.jpgMelbourne Dec 1863Melbourne, 1863. Image Courtesy of National Library of Australiahttps://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/73d38-elizabeth-st_dec-1862.jpgElizabeth st_Dec 1862Image courtesy of National Library of Australia2020-04-01T14:01:31+00:00monthlyhttps://climatehistory.com.au/2011/12/06/1836-snow-in-sydney/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/sydney-cove-from-north-shore-1836-for-web-with-credit.jpgSydney Cove from North Shore 1836 for web with creditSydney Cove from the North Shore in 1836. Credit State Library of NSW.https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/6301e-snow-in-sydney-article.pngSnow-in-sydney-tableMeteorological table published in The Sydney Herald, 30 June 18362020-04-01T13:49:35+00:00monthlyhttps://climatehistory.com.au/2012/09/13/1863-bushfires-ravage-gippsland/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/black-thurs-for-web-with-credit.jpgBlack Thurs-for web with creditThe Black Thursday bushfires, February 6, 1851, as depicted by William Strutt in 1864. Credit State Library of Victoria.https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/bushfires-for-web.jpgBushfires-for webArtwork by John Longstaff depicting a fire in the Gippsland region (1898). Image courtesy the State Library of Victoria.https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/0a8d3-1898_longstaff_bushfirengv.jpg1898_Longstaff_BushfireNGVArtwork by John Longstaff depicting a fire in the Gippsland region. Image courtesy the State Library of Victoria2020-04-01T12:51:37+00:00monthlyhttps://climatehistory.com.au/2012/09/27/la-nina-brings-flooding-rains-to-nsw-in-the-early-1860s/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/hawkesbury_1816-flood-for-web-with-credit-1.jpgHawkesbury_1816-flood-for web with creditA severe flood swept the Hawkesbury River in June 1816. Credit State Library of NSW.https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/ac1a7-maitland-flood-1864.pngMaitland-Flood-1864Flooded street in Maitland, 1864. Image courtesy of National Library of Australia.2020-04-01T11:51:05+00:00monthlyhttps://climatehistory.com.au/palaeoclimate/ice-cores/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/ice-cores-for-web-with-credit.jpgice cores for web with creditAncient air bubbles trapped in a slice of Antarctic ice core reveal information about the Earth’s pre-industrial climate. Reproduced courtesy of Tas van Ommen, Australian Antarctic Division.https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/ice-cores-for-web.jpgice cores for webhttps://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/42885-barbarafrankelaadicecore1.jpgBarbaraFrankelAADicecore1Scientists collecting ice core samples in Antarctica. Image: Barbara Frankel, Australian Antarctic Divisionhttps://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/c5ff4-barbarafrankelaadicecore2.jpgBarbaraFrankelAADicecore2An ice core from Antarctica. Image: Barbara Frankel, Australian Antarctic Divisionhttps://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/1747e-barbarafrankelaadicecore5.jpgBarbaraFrankelAADicecore5Image: Barbara Frankel, Australian Antarctic Divisionhttps://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/34117-barbarafrankelaadicecore6.jpgScientists collecting Antarctic ice coresScientists collecting Antarctic ice cores. Image: Barbara Frankel Australian Antarctic Division2020-04-01T11:02:30+00:00weekly0.6https://climatehistory.com.au/palaeoclimate/coral-2/https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/croal-cores-for-web-with-aims-credit.jpgcroal cores for web with AIMS creditA slice of Great Barrier Reef coral under ultraviolet light shows annual luminescent banding that provides a history of freshwater river floods. Reproduced courtesy of Eric Matson, Australian Institute of Marine Science.https://climatehistorydotcomdotau.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/coral-luminescent-bands-cropped.jpgCoral luminescent bands-croppedA slice of Great Barrier Reef coral under ultraviolet light shows annual luminescent banding that provides a history of freshwater river floods. 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