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National Museum of Australia Press / Manchester University Press / Melbourne Age / NMA Press / Melbourne University Press / The Land / Dr Tim Sherratt / /
Country
Australia / Norfolk Island / /
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pence / GBP / /
Event
Man-Made Disaster / /
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University of Queensland / Station Annual / Australian National University / Port Office / /
Weather Bureau / Queensland University / Australian Society of Archivists / Port Office / Commonwealth government / Prime Minister’s Department / Meteorology / Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre / Federal Government / University of Queensland / Bureau of Meteorology / Department of Works and Railways / Australian National University / /
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Henry Ambrose Hunt / Tim Sherratt / John Graeme / Webster / David Povey / David Day / Georges Plains / Hope On / Lindsay Cleland / John Graeme Balsillie / William Wood / Walter Bingle / Tom Griffiths / Watt / Howard Beale / Arnold G Hudson / Mark Oliphant / David J Stanfield / Jack Tunney / Vladimir Jankovic / Libby Robin / Brown / /
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editor / Prime Minister / farmer / Minister / Commonwealth Meteorologist / scientist / Secretary / historian / author / physicist / professor of physics / long-range weather forecaster / Treasurer / professor of mathematics / historian of Australian science / /
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Queensland / New South Wales / Bathurst / /
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City Press / Historical Records of Australian Science / /
RadioStation
NAA / /
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Indian Ocean / South Wales / west Queensland / west coast of Australia / /
Recording the weather by Tim Sherratt Exactly 100 years ago, on 8 August 1908, the weather on Norfolk Island was miserable. It was overcast, with a top temperature of only 14°C. About 10mm of rain fell.