| Table of Contents 
 Australian Meteorology through the 20th Century
 
 Introduction
 
 The Origins of Australian Meteorology
 
 Meteorology in the 20th Century
 
 The Weather and Climate of the Twentieth Century
 
 The Great Weather and Climate Events of the Twentieth Century
 The Federation Drought, 18951902
 The Mackay Cyclone of 1918
 Northeastern Tasmanian Floods, April 1929
 Black Friday in Victoria, January 1939
 Record Floods in New South Wales, February 1955
 Fire and StormSouthwest WA, 1961, 1978
 Brisbane Floods, January 1974
 Cyclone Tracy, Christmas 1974
 The 198283 Drought
 Ash Wednesday Fires, February 1983
 Sydney Hailstorm, April 1999
 
 A Century of Progress in Science and Service
 
 References
 
 Australian Meteorological Milestones of the 20th Century
 
 Endnotes
 
 Index
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   | Figure 14 Brisbane floods, January 1974.  
          
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        Figure 15 Darwin after cyclone Tracy, December 1974.  
          
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