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Natural disasters in Australia - Australia's Culture PortalAustralia experiences a range of 'natural disasters' including bushfires, floods, severe storms, earthquakes and landslides. Fire can often follow drought, and drought can be followed by flood. I love a sunburnt country, a land of sweeping plains, Of ra...
Even though the four 'official' calendar seasons have the same names as the northern hemisphere seasons, the weather during these seasons is very different to northern hemisphere weather patterns. Indigenous Australians have long had their own seasonal c...
Bardi people, Cape Leveque, Kimberley region, Western Australia Pearl shell, red pigment. Australia's pearling industry began long before European settlement. Northern Australian coastal dwelling Aborigines harvested the abundant pearl shell from the shal...
Robin Boyd, Roy Grounds and Harry Seidler have contributed significantly to modern Australian architecture by applying modernist-style principles to Australian homes. Another group of architects, such as Glenn Murcutt, Tina Engelen and Ian Moore, and Trop...
Internationally recognised Australian icons include buildings like the Sydney Opera House (architect Jørn Utzon) and the new Parliament House in Canberra (architect Romaldo Giurgola). Distinctive Australian architecture is also recognisable in the rural ...
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Northern Territory Library Cyclone Tracy Website (more info)
Cyclone Tracy devastated Darwin, Australia on the night of Christmas Eve 1974. The website has three main areas: Cyclone Tracy - covers the history of Darwin, Meteorological information - includes general information about cyclones and Oral histories - a
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ABC Local: Australia Wide - Cyclones (website Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) )Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:22:00 +1100 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/14/2713840.htm News Online australia <georss:where xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss"> <gml:Point xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml"> <gml:pos>-26.000 134.500</gml:pos...
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Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:10:00 +1100 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/04/2704346.htm News Online vietnam <georss:where xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss"> <gml:Point xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml"> <gml:pos>16 106</gml:pos> </gml:Poi...
In the Northern Territory cyclones occur most frequently in the Gulf of Carpentaria near Gove, and in a line moving west from the Darwin area. Severe damage was caused on the Tiwi Islands with 250 mm of rain in eight hours recorded at Bathurst Island. A s...
Structures built after Tropical Cyclone Winifred withstood Tropical Cyclone Larry better. Figure 3. Damage Index (DI) relating to residential building damage (proportion of population value based on repair cost; see table 1.) by region/township impacted ...
Description: Elevated home damaged by Cyclone Tracy. Description: Elevated house damaged in Cyclone Tracy. Description: Fannie Bay Gaol showing damage from Cyclone Tracy....
Description: Charlie and Myrtle Fong's house after Cyclone Tracy, Abell Street, Wagaman, NT, December 1974. Description: Chung Wah Society buildings damaged in Cyclone Tracy, Litchfield Street, Darwin, December, 1974. Description: CWA rest room after Cycl...
(Dept. of Social Security, 16 November 2007. Abstract: This list was prepared to help the ACT Police Headquarters answer enquiries on the whereabouts of persons evacuated from Darwin after the cyclone. The list reflects information available to the ACT P...
Plaque describing Cyclone Tracy / Graeme Cheater. Plaque in memory of children who lost their lives during Cyclone Tracy / Graeme Cheater. Plaque in memory of those who lost their lives during Cyclone Tracy / Graeme Cheater....
Description: Beatrice Caravan Park, Bagot Road, (corner of Fitzgerald Street) Millner after Cyclone Tracy. Description: Beatrice Caravan Park, Bagot Road (corner of Fitzgerald Street) Millner. Description: Next door and house at back of Beatrice Caravan P...
(Dept. of Social Security, 16 November 2007. Abstract: This list was prepared to help the ACT Police Headquarters answer enquiries on the whereabouts of persons evacuated from Darwin after the cyclone. The list reflects information available to the ACT P...
Abstract: This list was prepared to help the ACT Police Headquarters answer enquiries on the whereabouts of persons evacuated from Darwin after the cyclone. The list reflects information available to the ACT P... Description: A small number of persons li...
People after Cyclone Tracy / photographer unknown. Plaque describing Cyclone Tracy / Graeme Cheater. Registration centre after Cyclone Tracy / photographer unknown....
Browsing Cyclone Tracy by Location "Darwin City." Cyclone Tracy damage, December 1974. Description: Chung Wah Society buildings damaged in Cyclone Tracy, Litchfield Street, Darwin, December, 1974....
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