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  1. Travel Means Trade
    Western Argus (Kalgoorlie, WA : 1916 - 1938) Tuesday 15 February 1938 p 12 Article Illustrated
    ... climate and scenery combine to en courage touring along thousands of miles of routes which are open to ... alre 25 times 'as many car owners in Australia) requires one million gallons. of petrol, .as well ... a courteous attitude at all times to tourist requirements, and service able maps. Shell road maps ... 184 words
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  2. BIG COAL SHIFT FOR OPEN CUT MINES
    The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) Saturday 27 July 1946 p 1 Article Illustrated
    ... 25 locomotives and 500 waggons are likely to be engaged continuously moving coal from Blair Athol and ... strike - but also to put Queensland into the picture, for the large-scale export of black coal from the ... tons, probable 6,000,000 tons. Bir Seam. - Actual reserves 112.500,000 tons, probable 84,000,000 tons. ... 834 words
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  3. 85 PER CENT CORRECT Weather Bureau's Forecasts AIR FORCE HELPS
    The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) Tuesday 5 February 1935 p 14 Article Illustrated
    ... official weather forecasting in Australia was as high as anywhere in the world. 'Our forecasts,' he ... being done in Australia and in other parts of the world in testing long-range forecasting theories, ... the sum of weather know ledge. No official weather bureau in the world, however, issued a longdis ... 366 words
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  4. New Office
    Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954) Thursday 27 May 1948 p 1 Article Illustrated
    ... Minister for Commonwealth Relations (Mr. Noel-Baker). the High Commissioner for Australia (Mr. Beasley), ... attention to its beauty and potenti alities. Tasmania was only one 120th part of Australia, said Sir Ernest. The High Commissioner and others occasionally for got to include it in maps of the Commonwealth, ... 209 words
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  5. Forecasts Drought In 1954 MELBOURNE, Apr. 26.
    The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954) Monday 27 April 1953 p 3 Article Illustrated
    ... today over a severe vere national drought. which the Deputy Direc tor of Melbourne Weather Bureau (Mr. H. E. Camm) has forecast for next year. The Commonwealth Direc tor of Meteorology (Mr. E. W. ... forecasting, said 1954 would be a severe drought /ear in Australia. The natural spread of a drought was from ... 370 words
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  6. Meteorology is an international science: therefore... Weather Data Has A Universal Code
    The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954) Saturday 4 March 1950 p 6 Article Illustrated
    ... Meteorology is an international science: therefore . . . Weather Data Has A Universal Code by A. ... Weather Bureau on West terrace from such divergent centres as Darwin, Carnarvon, Alice Springs, Noar ... meteorologists in Buenos Aires and Vladivostock Meteorology has become an international science that ... 1519 words
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  7. FORECASTING THE STATE'S WEATHER Vagaries A Constant Puzzle
    Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954) Thursday 28 December 1933 p 2 Article Illustrated
    ... workings ?* of the Weather Bureau-see - see for yourselves how the weather forecast is produced. ... wretched things to induce them to tra An assistant at the Weather Bureau reading the thermograph, an ... mind you- to get the next day:- Prom all over Australia every morn ing the telegraph lines carry the ... 1849 words
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  8. Out Among the People Weather Chief Sees Charm In Onerous Job
    The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954) Monday 5 October 1953 p 4 Article Illustrated
    ... Weather History Before he started with the Weather Bureau 16 years ago, he was for five years em ployed ... instructor in meteorology in Melbourne. His Biggest Job Mr1. Hogan's biggest job was when he was in ... lack of data in some of the more important regions. Western Australia, I learnt depends upon shipping ... 884 words
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  9. EDUCATION NOTES.
    The Catholic Press (NSW : 1895 - 1942) Thursday 5 April 1928 p 18 Article Illustrated
    ... communication map. There is one from Perth to Derby, along the coast of West Australia, and Brisbane ... her teachers. The Primary Schools, WORK IN GEOGRAPHY. . In the matter of drawing maps we must be ... chief point in drawing maps is to fix in the memory of the chil dren the position of the various places, ... 1585 words
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  10. EXPLORER HAS MANY PROJECTS Sir Hubert Wilkins In Adelaide FIRST VISIT SINCE 1925
    The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954) Saturday 17 September 1938 p 31 Article Illustrated
    ... turn his attention to the establish ment of an international meteorological bureau in the Southern ... Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and South America would co operate, with the assistance of India and ... claim to be a professional meteorologist. My interest lies in meteorology only so far as it can bene ... 704 words
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  11. 100 CLERKS OF THE WEATHER Australia's Meteorological Service At Work
    The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954) Thursday 13 July 1939 p 18 Article Illustrated
    ... shelter. It is only in comparatively recent years that the science of meteorology has displaced eather ... tribute to the importance of the meteorologcal service that the Weather Bureau is to be given a ... and forecasts for the State, and in collaboration with the ? bureau at Parafield. will supply pilots ... 1806 words
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  12. STUDYING THE WEATHER. A REALM OF PERPETUAL CHANGE. FACTS FOR THE BUSY.
    The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929) Saturday 15 January 1910 p 6 Article Illustrated
    ... the newly appointed divisional otiicer. In Australia, up till two years a?o. meteorology in con ... cauliflowers in deed tbev are on a brge scale. It was a quick mobilization of celestial forces, so Gigantic ... Science.- But meteorology, thb perplexing science of the atmosphere b necessarily a univer sal study ... 2677 words
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  13. The Primary Schools. THE TEACHING OF GEOGRAPHY.
    The Catholic Press (NSW : 1895 - 1942) Thursday 20 March 1924 p 18 Article Illustrated
    ... Bight Use of the Map. The practice of copying maps has now to a large extent disappeared, and wo ... maps, and this is a fact to be deplored* Of course, we insist on a sketch map to illustrate cer ... map the districts most concerned in cattle-raising in Australia. (5) Make a sketch map to show the ... 2601 words
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  14. MY BOOK OF THE WEEK TASK OF PEOPLING AUSTRALIA Many Angles of Old Problem—Experts' Provocative Studies—New Bureau Needed
    Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931) Thursday 1 November 1928 p 20 Article Illustrated
    ... MY BOOK OF THE WEEK TASK OF PEOPLING AUSTRALIA Many Angles of Old Problem-Experts' - Experts' Provocative Studies-New - New Bureau ? Needed By A. M. POOLEY THIS little volume is the first 1 of a ... the prob lem of Australia, for example, to China and Japan and the Pacific nations, and vlce-virsa. ... 1701 words
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  15. Geography Of W.A.
    The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954) Saturday 9 September 1950 p 23 Article Illustrated
    ... Western Australia, has conferred a boon not only on those for whom it is chiefly intended, but on the community as a whole. Every page bulges with infor mation and the maps are done with the pen of the ... the text." In dealing with the Perth area the author explains land forms, the physiographic map, ... 503 words
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  16. The Weather Man Has Thankless Task
    The Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1954) Saturday 21 January 1933 p 6 Article Illustrated
    ... ants at the Weather Bureau to foretell the weather, and he does not sit up at nights to see if 'the ... and strength,' said Mr. Bromley. 'The 'highs' and lows' usually drift across Australia from west to ... across Australia, bringing an endless variety of weather.' 'These 'highs' and 'blows' are at times ... 1298 words
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  17. Weather Man's Tips Prove Great Help to Stock Raisers, Farmers
    The Farmer and Settler (NSW : 1906 - 1957) Friday 9 February 1945 p 16 Article Illustrated
    ... been his portion. 'Actually, It might be said that the Weather Bureau pioneered tho first 10 or 17 ... were suc I KOSfUl.' Throughout thn wai1, the Weather Bureau has played a very great part. The ... fully, 'that thero will bo a gradual evolution In this direction which will result In meteorology ... 1394 words
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  18. SCIENCE CONGRESS. OPENED IN MELBOURNE. MELBOURNE, January 7.
    The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929) Wednesday 8 January 1913 p 14 Article Illustrated
    ... tinuous over the south pole. Australia and the southern hemisphere in general would have a far more equable and monotonous climate. With diminished energy of cir culation in the southern hemisphere it is probable that the rainfall of Australia would be diminished, while indirectly we probably owe ... 2284 words
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  19. PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS. "The Unveiling of Antarctica."
    The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954) Thursday 17 January 1935 p 16 Article Illustrated
    ... world. This fallacy was perpetuated to maps of the Middle Ages. Even after the globular form of the ... records secured relating to climate, oceanography, geology, zoology and other departments of inquiry. During the last forty years, Sir Doug las continued, Australia and New Zea land, on account of ... 624 words
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  20. RAIN or SHINE? Reading The Map
    Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954) Thursday 13 October 1949 p 20 Article Illustrated
    ... RAIN or SHINE? Reading The Map By D. H. FORDER, B.A., B.Sc. (Former Chief Instructor, R.A.A.F., Meteorological Services) THE most important features on the map are the fronts, a new innovation, and ... nearer. When we look at a map and see lines called cold fronts we should immediately visualise a ... 1537 words
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