Annual rainfall, 1902

Australia
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1 January 1902
24 November 2010
24 November 2010

Location

Australia
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24 November 2010
Brisbane
George Arthur Vaughan, Government Printer
Collection of Queensland State Archives
Survival
Survival: how the landscape impacts on people
Water Supply Department, Map of Queensland showing Annual Rainfall to end of 1902. The area of each blue and white circle is proportional to the rainfall. The scale is from 5 to 200 inches. Measurements are from 141 meteorological stations throughout the State. Collection of Queensland State Archives

Cricket in Talwood during a drought, 1965

Cricket in Talwood during a drought, 1965. Slide by Jim McDougall, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Copyright © Jim McDougall and the Centre for the Government of Queensland, 2010

Droughts and floods and rail

Survival in Queensland during climatic extremes has often relied on the rail network.

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Steiger Vortex rain-making gun, c1900

The Steiger Vortex gun is a cone-shaped barrel, fabricated from sheet steel, designed as a rainmaking device.

Location

Charleville, QLD
Australia
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Queensland Museum
Brisbane
1 January 1902
1 January 1902
29 October 2010
29 October 2010
Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010
Charleville, QLD
Australia
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Survival
Survival: how the landscape impacts on people
Dimensions
5000mm
1505mm
1020mm

Carting prickly pear near Kingsthorpe, 1920s

Carting prickly pear during the 1920s drought near Kingsthorpe, for use as cattle fodder. Collection of the State Library of Queensland

Collection of the State Library of Queensland image APE-056-0001-0002

Drought feeding bottle trees to cattle, Monogorilby, c1955

Drought feeding bottle trees to cattle, Monogorilby, c1955. Slide by John Thun, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

Copyright © John Thun and Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, 2010

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