how Australians kept cool in heatwaves before modern technology
- Written by Mandy Paul, Visiting Research Fellow, School of Humanities, University of Adelaide
A beach in Glenelg, South Australia is packed during an evening in February 1938.State Library of South AustraliaThe Black Friday bushfires which swept across southeastern Australia in January 1939 have been remembered as a deadly and traumatic event.
Most human deaths, however, occurred during the preceding heatwave – 78 lives were lost to...
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