Federation Drought

The Federation Drought was a prolonged period of drought that occurred in Australia around the time of Federation in 1901.

Though often thought of as a long drought, until the record dry year of 1902 the period was actually one of a number of very dry spells interspersed with wetter weather. Dry conditions gradually became established during the late 1890s and several dry areas joined together to create the end result of a drought covering more than half the continent.

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