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Federation University Historical Collection
Document, C.E. Hounam et al, Commonwealth of Australia Bureau of Meteorology - Climate of the Basaltic Plains of Western Victoria, 1963
... Commonwealth of Australia Bureau of Meteorology - Climate...commonwealth of australia bureau of meteorology... Document Commonwealth of Australia Bureau of Meteorology - Climate ...Brown cardboard covered foolscap sized typed document with diagrams Handwritten on front. Symposium - Royal Society of Victoria "Basaltic Plains of Victoria" 12 September 1963basaltic plains of victoria, royal society of victoria, commonwealth of australia bureau of meteorology, c.e. hounam, f.a. powell, symposium, maps -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Booklet (item) - Manual of Meteorology Commonwealth of Australia Bureau of Meteorology, Manual of Meteorology
... Manual of Meteorology Commonwealth of Australia Bureau of... Commonwealth of Australia Bureau of Meteorology Booklet Manual ... -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Booklet (item) - Manual of Meteorology Aviation Supplement Commonwealth of Australia Bureau of Meteorology, Manual of Meteorology Aviation Supplement
... Australia Bureau of Meteorology... Supplement Commonwealth of Australia Bureau of Meteorology Booklet ... -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Mis-summer hail storm cuts green confetti trail, 9/01/1991 12:00:00 AM
... australia. bureau of meteorology... alan australia. bureau of meteorology footscray kew balwyn box ...Destruction following a freak hail storm that came through Box Hill, Nunawading, starting in Footscray.Article describes the destruction following a freak hail storm that came through Box Hill, Nunawading, starting in Footscray.Destruction following a freak hail storm that came through Box Hill, Nunawading, starting in Footscray.hail storms, nunawading, state emergency service, barnard, alan, australia. bureau of meteorology, footscray, kew, balwyn, box hill, insurance council of victoria, mackintosh, tony -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Standard Gunnery Notes For Air Crew
... Bureau of Meteorology. Published 1997. Introduction to Project... - Australian Bureau of Meteorology. Published 1997. Introduction ...Description: 5 pages. Published by SES Pty Ltd - Australian Bureau of Meteorology. Published 1997. Introduction to Project AEROSONDE - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Environmental Research and Meteorological Monitoring Level of Importance: World. -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Equipment - Stevenson Screen, Thomas Stevenson, ca. 1910
... by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and was used for many years...Stevenson screen, original, from the Australian Bureau... by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and was used for many years ...Stevenson screens were first introduced in Australia in the 1880s and were widely installed by 1910. The screens have been used to shelter and protect thermometers and other meteorological instruments from rain and direct heat while the holes and double-louvre walls allowed air to flow around them. Sometimes other meteorological instruments were included in the weather stations, so there were different Stevenson Screen sizes. This authentic, original Stevenson screen was previously owned by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and was used for many years for weather readings at the Cape Otway Light Station in southwest Victoria. The Lighthouse Keepers recorded the readings for minimum and maximum temperatures at 9 a.m. every day from January 1865 until April 1994. The equipment was sheltered in a Stevenson Screen from 1902 until April 15 1994, when the mercury thermometer was replaced by a platinum resistance probe within an Automatic Weather Station (AWS). This Stevenson screen is one of the two screens that then became redundant. The other Stevenson screen was kept to display to visitors. Lightkeepers were no longer required at the Cape Otway Light station either, due to the automated system. The meteorological instruments donated with the screen were used for measuring temperature and humidity. They are mounted on a metal bracket that fits across the screw holes on the screen’s internal frame. The glass-covered Relative Humidity (RH) sensor was made by the renowned precision instrument maker, Rotronic AG of Switzerland, which was founded in 1965. The firm made its first electronic temperature and humidity instrument in 1967. Meteorological records have been collected in Australia from the 1800s. The records were collated, published and used as a basis for weather forecasts. Many sectors, such as maritime and agriculture industries, have relied on these figures for making important decisions. The quality and placement of the meteorological instruments used to measure temperature and humidity are of utmost importance for accuracy. In early colonial times, there were no national standards for meteorological instruments that would allow for accurate figures and comparisons. Once the Bureau of Meteorology was established (around 1908 to 1910) the department installed Stevenson screens throughout Australia, many at lighthouses and light stations, and the measuring instruments were standardised. The Stevenson Screen was named after its inventor, Scottish Civil Engineer Thomas Stevenson (1818-1887) who was also the father of Robert Louis Stevenson, author. Stevenson developed the small thermometer screen around 1867. It had double-louvred walls around the sides and a top of two asbestos sheets with an air space between them and was thickly painted with a white coating that reflected the sun’s rays. This design was modified in 1884 by Edward Mawley of the Royal Meteorological Society. Standards were set for the locations of the screens and instruments, including their distance above ground level and the direction the door faced.Stevenson screens played a significant part in providing a standardised shelter for all meteorological instruments used by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology from about 1910 until 1994. The readings from the instruments gave the meteorological statistics on which weather forecasts throughout Australia were based. This Stevenson screen was used locally at Cape Otway, along the Great Ocean Road in southwest Victoria, so contributed towards our local forecasts and weather warnings.Stevenson screen, original, from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology’s weather station at the Cape Otway Lighthouse. The screen is a white wooden cupboard with a slanted cover raised above the top. The top has ten drilled ventilation holes, and the sides and door are made of downward-slanting double louvres. Two brass hinges join the door to the lower edge of the screen and a metal fitting at the top edge allows for a padlock closure. The screen is supported on four short legs, each with a hole drilled from side to side for fitting to a frame. Inside the screen are two wooden frames fitted with hooks and screws. The floor has three boards; one across the back and one across the front at the same level, and a board wider than the space between these boards is fitted higher, overlapping them slightly. Inside the screen, a pair of electronic instruments with short electric cables is mounted on a metal bracket with drilled holes in it. One of the instruments is a Relative Humidity (RH) probe. It is 26 cm long and is a glass tube with a filter on one end and an electrical connection on the other. It has inscriptions on its label, showing that was made by Rotronic AG, Switzerland. The other instrument is a Resistance Temperature Device (RTD) thermometer. It is 22.5 cm long and has a narrow metal probe joined to a hexagonal metal fitting. A brass plate on the front of the screen has impressed inscriptions. The screen is Serial Number 01/C0032, Catalogue Number 235862.Stamped into brass plate "CAT. NO. / 253862 / SERIAL NO. 01/C0032" On instrument’s electrical fitting; “CD2” [within oval ‘+’ above S] “Serie693 op65 / 220/380V~16A” On instrument’s glass; “rotronic ag” “SWISS MADE” “CE / CH-8303 / Bassersdorf” Symbol for [BARCODE] “ART NO MP 101A_T4-W4W” “POWER 4.8.30VDC“ “OP. RANGE: 0-100%RH/-40+60° C” “OUT H 0-100% 0-1V” “OUT T -40+60°C -0.4..+0.6V” “SERIE NO 19522 009”flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, cotton region shelter, instrument shelter, thermometer shelter, thermoscreen, thermometer screen, measuring instruments, meteorological instrument, weather recording, weather station, lighthouse equipment, light station equipment, stevenson screen, marine instruments, mercury thermometer, platinum resistance probe, aws, automatic weather station, rotronic ag, swiss made, meteorological device, weather forecast, weather prediction, weather records, meteorological forecast, meteorological record, australian bureau of meteorology, bureau of meteorology, bureau, bom, relative humidity, rh, relative humidity probe, resistance temperature device, rtd, thermometer, temperature, humidity, cape otway, cape otway lighthouse, cape otway light station, rotronic, switzerland, swiss instrument, thomas stevenson, double-louvered walls, edward mawley, royal meteorological society, 01/c0032, serial number, cat. no. 235862, serial no. 01/c00323 -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (Item) - Journal Royal Aeronautical Society Vol. XXXVII 1933 Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (Item) - Journal Royal Aeronautical Society Vol. XXXI 1927 Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (Item) - Aeronautical Journal Vol.XXVIII 1924 Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (Item) - Journal Royal Aeronautical Society Vol. XXXV 1931 Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (Item) - Journal Royal Aeronautical Society Vol. XL 1936 Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (Item) - Aeronautical Journal Vol. XXIV 1920 Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (Item) - Aeronautical Journal Vol.XXIX 1925 Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (Item) - Journal Royal Aeronautical Society Vol.XXX 1926 Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (Item) - Journal Royal Aeronautical Society Vol. XLVI 1942 Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (Item) - Aeronautical Journal Vol. XXIII 1919 Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (Item) - Journal Royal Aeronautical Society Vol.XXVII 1923 Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (Item) - Journal Royal Aeronautical Society Vol. XLII 1938 Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (Item) - Aeronautical Journal Vol. XIX 1915 Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (Item) - Aeronautical Journal Vol. XXI 1917 Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (Item) - Journal Royal Aeronautical Society Vol. XLI 1937 Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (Item) - Aeronautical Journal Vol. XXVI 1922 Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (Item) - Aeronautical Journal Vol. XXV 1921 Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (Item) - Aeronautical Journal Vol. XX 1916 Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau
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Orbost & District Historical Society
document, Bureau of Meteorology, DROUGHTS IN AUSTRALIA, 1957
Foley, J. C. (James Charles) (1892-1967) , classified major droughts in Australia from the early period of European settlement to 1955 on the basis of rainfall analyses. This document is a useful reference tool.A 19 pp copy of a document titled DROUGHTS IN AUSTRALIA, Review of Records from Earliest Years of Settlement to 1955. It was compiled by the Bureau of Meteorology in September,1957. This section deals mostly with droughts in Victoria.Author J.C. Foleydrought-victoria foley-james-charles bureau-of-meteorology climate -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Manual Of Meteorology
Description: 76 pages. Published by Bureau of Meteorology. Published 1/4/1966. Meteorology Manual with Aviation Supplement, published in Melbourne. Level of Importance: World. -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Raf Equipment Regulations Vol. 2 - Storage And Packing
Description: 168 pages. Published by Bureau of Meteorology. Published 1/4/1966. Meteorology Manual, published in Melbourne, statement: ''Registered in Australia for Transmission by Post as a Periodical'' Level of Importance: World. -
Parks Victoria - Wilsons Promontory Lightstation
Muslin & Wick
This item, which dates to 1988, is contained in the original supply packet and survives in good condition. It was commonly used by lightkeepers for both wet and dry bulb thermometers, with the muslin going into the bottom of the dry bulb where it was held in place by the wick and ‘end of the wick was then placed in a jar of deep water to keep the bulb cool’. The difference in temperatures between the dry and wet bulb thermometers could then be worked out to establish the dew point in the air.They were common in lightstations, but this intact item remains in the original packaging and is a fine representative example of its kind. It was acquired from the Bureau of Meteorology. Recording and communicating weather readings was an important facet of lightstation work and a number of different but related items of meteorological equipment survive at the six lightstations managed by parks Victoria. The Cape Nelson collection includes a pair of Australian-made thermometers in their original box, both in Fahrenheit, with one recording the minimum, the other the maximum temperature and a barometer table with instructions for correcting readings. Cape Otway has a Beaufort Scale, a table of wind forces which lists 12 types on a scale of 1 to 12, and provides associated speed in knots and travel time per minute or hour. Gabo Island has an anemometer, wind speed indicator and a wind speed recorder.Muslin and wick for a wet bulb thermomenter in unopened white paper packaging with directions for use printed on the package on the front.On front of package,"MUSLIN AND WICK FOR WET BULB THERMOMETER......." -
Parks Victoria - Gabo Island Lightstation
Anemometer
This device was used to measure surface wind speed and direction. This anemometer was located on a concrete pad outside room 2.15 on a steel pole. The pole was considered unsafe and the anemometer was relocated to it's current position. When lowering the pole it fell over and was badly damaged. The Bureau of Meteorology donated it to the museum. It was then repaired and restored. The central pole on which it is mounted is galvanised iron pipe painted black. The anemometer, a portable device that manually measures wind speed, was a necessary instrument once common to all weather stations. The arms are attached to a vertical rod and as the wind blows, the cups rotate, making the rod spin. The stronger the wind blows, the faster the rod spins. The anemometer counts the number of rotations, or turns, which is used to calculate wind speed, surface wind and direction. They were designed to be durable to withstand the corrosive environment and strong winds expected at coastal sites such as those at Gabo Island. Anemometers existed in the nineteenth century and their design was improved by various experts including John Robinson in 1846, John Patterson in 1926, Brevoort and Joiner in 1935 and Derek Watson in 1991 who added wind direction measurement to its functions. This example was made for the Bureau of Meteorology by the Melbourne instrument company, Synchrotac, which became registered and incorporated on 26 July 1966. It is now displayed inside the building. A good example of its kind, the anemometer has first level contributory significance for its historic value and provenance to the lightstation.Anemometer and tripod stand. Three cupped brass discs on rotating arms fixed to turned brass cylinder shaped shaft. Beneath discs is a lead directional wind arrow attached to a rotating arm. A wooden three legged stand with central supporting pole of black painted hardwood and attached to a white painted marine ply circular base.Under wind cups: " SYNCHROTAC / MELB. / ser.no.70/372 / MADE IN AUSTRALIA." Above wind direction arrow: "C.OF.APT..../ SYNCHROTAC / MELB ? MADE IN AUSTRALIA / ser.no.70/372" -
Bayside Gallery - Bayside City Council Art & Heritage Collection
Photograph - sepia photograph, Disastrous effects of the cyclone, 1918
On 2nd February 1918, Brighton experienced the most extreme cyclone to hit a major Australian city, as recorded by the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology. With wind speeds estimated at 320 km/h and resulting in the deaths of two people, the event caused tremendous destruction in Brighton.cyclone, brighton, methodist church, hawthorn road, grant's hay & corn store, wells street, wellington street, billilla, weatherly, halifax street, tornado, colonel kendall