SEVEN Year Drought Killed 40% Of The Livestock In Australia – Wheat Crop Destroyed
Posted: May 19, 2018 Filed under: Australia, Climate Change, Climate History, Climate History News, Drought | Tags: Australia, Australian drought, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Climate history, Crops, drought, Global Warming, livestock Leave a commentAUSTRALIA’S climate when CO2 was at “safe levels”…
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The “Federation Drought”, 1895-1902
Many of Australia’s worst droughts occur when one or two very dry years follow several years of generally below average rainfall. Such was the case in the so-called “Federation drought”, which began in the mid 1890s and reached its devastating climax in late 1901 and 1902.
The five years leading up to Federation (January 1901) saw intermittent dry spells over most of the country, particularly in 1897 and 1899; in most of Queensland, dry conditions were virtually unbroken from 1897. Most other parts of the country had reasonable rain in 1900 and early 1901, but with the coming of spring 1901 very dry weather set in across eastern Australia. By February 1902 concerns were expressed about Sydney’s water supply, and the New South Wales Government declared 26 February a day of “humiliation and prayer” for rain in that state. Similar declarations were made in Queensland in…
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