South Australia - Natural Disasters
Bushfires
"Periodical Fires of South Australia" is in the South Australian Magazine,
1841-1842, page 401 and
Register,
13 August 1842, page 2f.
"Bushfires - Their Causes, Their Effects" is in the Register on
8 April 1851, page 2b; also see
18 February 1854, page 3a,
17 March 1854, page 2g,
27 November 1856, page 2d,
8 January 1858, page 2g,
11, 12, 15, 16 and 19 and 24 February 1859, pages 3c, 2e-3g, 2f-3f,2c-f, 2f-3b and 2h.
"Inquest on Fires" is in the Observer,
17 April 1858, page 6b,
"Police and the Fires" on
19 February 1859, page 6c,
"Australian Droughts" on
29 April 1865, page 6a.
Also see Register, 21 December 1864, page 2g,
28 November 1865, page 2c,
17 December 1866, page 2c,
21 January 1867, page 2g,
4 October 1867, page 2d,
4 January 1868, page 2d,
14 November 1868, page 2f.
"South Australia's Early Bushfires" is in The Mail,
19 January 1935, page 1.
"The Great Fire in the North" is in the Observer,
13 December 1873, page 7a.
An editorial on "Bushfires" is in the Register,
21 November 1873, page 5a; also see
Chronicle,
25 December 1875, page 5d,
Register,
14 December 1877, page 5c,
6 February 1879, page 4d,
30 and 31 January 1883, pages 6g,
1 February 1883, page 4e,
15 January 1885, page 6d,
28 April 1888, page 7g,
8 March 1892, page 6d,
18 December 1893, page 4g,
18 February 1895, pages 4e-6c,
24 January 1898, page 4e,
11 February 1905, page 7c,
25 and 26 February 1907, pages 5b and 6g.
"The Fire in the Hills" is in the Register,
25 January 1877, page 6b,
Advertiser,
4 February 1898, page 6d,
"The Bush Fires" on
14 February 1901, page 4d,
Observer,
16 February 1901, page 2b.
"Sunstroke and Bushfires" is in the Observer,
28 January 1882, page 20d.
"Bush Fire Precautions" is in the Register on
11 December 1902, page 6h,
"Fighting a Bush Fire" on
13 February 1903, page 6a; also see
Advertiser,
10 February 1905, page 5g,
20 and 22 January 1908, pages 5f and 7e,
23 January 1912, page 11a,
Register,
1 and 3 February 1912, pages 7e and 16c,
16 January 1926, page 9a,
Advertiser,
16 February 1926, page 13d.
"The Hills Fires Fund" is in the Register,
14 February 1912, page 6e,
15 march 1912, page 5a.
Bush fire reminiscences by Hon. John Lewis are in the Register,
11 January 1918, page 7g.
Bushfire legislation is discussed in the Advertiser,
28 November 1926, page 8f.
"Fire Fighting and Control" is in the Register,
23 June 1926, page 8e and
Advertiser,
14 March 1929, pages 12g-13a,
30 December 1931, page 7e,
14 December 1932, page 18f,
5 December 1934, page 22a.
"Nucleus of Bushfire Brigade Executive" is in The News,
11 December 1934, page 3d.
"Bush Fire Brigade to be Formed" is in the Advertiser,
11 December 1934, page 15g,
"Bushfires" on
9 November 1936, page 18d.
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Droughts
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Weather, Astronomy and Allied Matters
"Australian Droughts" is in the Register,
27 April 1865, page 2f.
"The Drought Fiend - Its Visitation in 1865-6", including reminiscences of Robert Bruce and Edwin Crozier, is in the Register,
6 June 1902, page 6c,
Observer,
14 June 1902, page 36a.
"Grim Story of Drought in the Early Days" is in the Chronicle,
28 June 1934, page 9.
"What the Drought Teaches" is in the Register,
13 April 1869, page 3c,
"Drought in the North" in the Advertiser,
12 and 16 January 1877, pages 5e and 4d,
"The Drought" in the Observer,
2 February 1878, page 12a.
"The Drought in SA" is in the Observer,
8 March 1884, page 9c,
"Farewell to the Drought" in the Chronicle,
5 January 1889, page 7c.
"Droughts and Their Causes" is discussed in the Register,
25 July 1896, page 4d; also see
26 and 29 October 1896, pages 5h and 5f,
13 November 1896, page 4g,
24 February 1898, page 4e,
Advertiser,
21 April 1897, page 4e,
13 May 1897, page 4e and South Australia - Northern Lands Development and Allied Matters.
"Drought in the North" is in the Chronicle,
7 and 28 November 1896, pages 8d-17a and 17,
5 December 1896, page 20a.
"Help for Distressed Farmers" is in the Register,
17, 21 and 29 October 1896, pages 4f, 7d and 6c.
"Drought and Distress" is in the Advertiser,
27 October 1896, page 4f,
3 November 1896, pages 4d-5e,
"Drought and Distressed Farmers" on
22 October 1897, page 6g,
1 January 1898, page 9c,
"Drought in the North" on
28 November 1898, page 7a.
"The Six Years' Drought" is in the Observer,
16 February 1901, page 2b.
"In Drought Stricken Hundreds" is in the Register, 25 and 26 November 1901, pages 8c and 5e:
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In many instances whole families have not tasted meat for some time. Some families have a few fowls, but they live principally on rabbits and also feed their fowls on rabbits. The eggs collected are taken to the nearest town and are the only means of obtaining groceries... In some cases children's clothing is made from bran bags...
"Droughts in Australia" is in the Advertiser,
29 December 1888, page 5e.
A cartoon titled "Making Australia Independent of Drought" is in the Chronicle,
13 June 1903, page 15a.
"The Great Drought - Lessons to be Learned" is in the Observer,
10 December 1904, page 13a.
"Predicted Drought - Mr Wragge's Theory" is in the Observer,
13 August 1910, page 41a.
"Droughts Past and Present", the reminiscences of Richard Dewdney, is in the Register,
12 November 1914, page 7e,
Observer,
21 November 1914, page 23c.
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