Ebook: Sunburnt country: the history and future of climate change in Australia

Intro; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Part I: Colonial Calamities; 1: The Start of a Rocky Relationship; 2: Unearthing Australia's Climate History; 3: Life in Sodden Isolation; 4: Australia's Climatic Tug of War; 5: Twin Blows; 6: Rescued from the Rooftops; 7: Scarcely a Passing Shower; 8: 'The Changes Are Truly Astonishing'; Part II: Weather Watchers; 9: What Does 'on Record' Actually Mean?; 10: The Weatherman; 11: Australia's Early Climate Records; 12: Frost and Fire; 13: Bursting Bubbles of Optimism; 14: Dust and Desolation; 15: Gumboot Weather; 16: Wisdom of the Elders