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The 'rain making' guns  
   

The 'rain making' guns

In 1902 during the longest running drought in Queensland history, Clifford Wragge, a renowned meteoroligist, brought 6 of these guns to Charleville and fired 'rain producing gas' into the atmosphere - the experiment failed but it did rain later in the year!
Saving The Bilby

September 30th 2011
Thursday 29th September - our hopes for some calm weather were dashed - there was lightening, thunder and very heavy rain for very long periods throughout the night. Anyone under canvass would have had a tough time but we were quite cosy in the caravan apart from the noise of the rain beating down on the caravan roof. We were both a bit restless but, as we had nothing planned for the day-time, w ... read more
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Australian Flag Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more
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