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1829 Major drought in Western Australia with very little water available. [7] 1835 and 1838 Sydney and NSW receive 25% less rain than usual. Severe drought in Northam and York areas of Western Australia. 1838–39 Droughts in South Australia and Western Australia; 1839 Severe drought in the west and north of Spencer Gulf, South Australia.
Drought in Australia; Federation Drought (1901) 1911–1916 Australian drought; ... Agra famine of 1837–1838; Upper Doab famine of 1860–1861; Orissa famine of 1866;
2 December - James Erskine, Commander-in-Chief, Australia Station; 7 December - Thomas Bent, one of Australia's more colourful politicians, and Premier of Victoria, is born in Penrith, New South Wales. 15 December - John King, the sole survivor of the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition, is born at Moy in the county of Tyrone, Ireland.
1979–1983 Eastern Australian drought; 2000s Australian drought; F. Federation Drought This page was last edited on 30 April 2022, at 06:28 (UTC). Text ...
Lake Hindmarsh, an ephemeral lake located in the Wimmera region of western Victoria, Australia, is the state's largest natural freshwater lake. The nearest towns are Jeparit to the south and Rainbow to the north. After more than a decade of drought, in early 2011 the lake filled as a result of flooding in the region.
By David B Gray GUNNEDAH, Australia (Reuters) - From ground level, Australia's drought looks like a featureless, brown dustbowl, but from the air it transforms into an artistry of color and ...
Along the Hawkesbury and Nepean Rivers there was a nexus between drought, the expansion of settlement and fighting between settlers and Aboriginal people. Drought began in 1803. [25] In 1803, Philip Gidley King allocated 4,435 acres, nearly twice as much the previous record of 2,631 acres in 1799.
The history of Australia from 1788 to 1850 covers the early British colonial period of Australia's history. This started with the arrival in 1788 of the First Fleet of British ships at Port Jackson on the lands of the Eora, and the establishment of the penal colony of New South Wales as part of the British Empire.