A change in the weather climate and culture in Australia - Sherratt, Tim; Robin, Libby 1956- (National Museum of Australia Press, 2005)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 196 - 213) and index
Human elements / Tim Sheratt -- Climatic outlooks: from revolutionary science to orthodoxy / Neville Nicholls -- Rhythms, patterns, connectivities: indigenous concepts of seasons and change / Deborah Rose -- Migrants and nomads: seasoning zoological knowledge in Australia / Libby Robin -- Goyder's line: the unreliable history of the line of reliable rainfall / Janis Sheldrick -- Rainmaking in CSIRO: the science and politics of climate modification / R.W. Home -- Managing climate for the Murray-Darling Basin (1850-2050) / Daniel Connell -- The curse of the tropics / David Walker -- All just melted with heat: mothers, babies and hot winds in colonial Melbourne / Janet McCalman -- Sunshine, social factors, solar energy and sutainability / Ian Lowe -- Revolutionary weather: the climatic and economic crisis of 1788-1795 and the discovery of El Nino / Richard Grove -- Climate change and human health: looking backwards, planning forward / Tony McMichael -- The roaring forties / Tom Griffiths -- Cyclone tracy: voices on the wind / Bill Bunbury -- Palaeoclimates: an archaeology of climate change / M.A. Smith -- The social psychology of climate change / Clive Hamilton
Keywords: Geschichte; Climatic changes / Australia; El Nino Current / Environmental aspects; Aboriginal Australians / Attitudes; Australians / Attitudes; Human beings / Effect of climate on / Australia; El-Niño-Phänomen; Sozialer Wandel; Brauchtum; Klimaänderung; Aborigines; Gesellschaft; Umwelt; Klima; Humanökologie; Australia / Climate / Social aspects; Australien; Aufsatzsammlung