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Title: Unusually severe weather in Ballarat
Description: ‘Happy is he who possesses a pair of long sea-boots, as without them there is no safety!’ reports the Argus. Rain, sleet and snow have been falling heavily in Ballarat, and residents must traverse bogs and streams to reach the Government camp.
Date: 13 June 1853
Published Source: Australian National Dictionary Centre, The Gold Rushes and Australian English: a resource for researchers, teachers and students, Australian National University, 2005, http://www.anu.edu.au/andc/res/aus_words/gold/index.php. [ Details... ]
Rights: This material is provided by the Australian National Dictionary Centre, a joint project of the Australian National University and Oxford University Press Australia.

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