10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOUTHERLY BUSTER»
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southerly buster in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
southerly buster and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Windows on Meteorology: Australian Perspective
From The Southerly Buster by Henry Lawson (in Lawson [1918] 1979). The
southerly buster is a particularly abrupt form of cold front which affects the New
South Wales south coastal region, ranging from about Gabo Island to Port
Macquarie.
A teenager's year long struggle to come to terms with the reality of a new baby in the family.
Christobel Mattingley, 1983
3
Gravity Currents: In the Environment and the Laboratory
5.1 The southerly buster The southerly buster (or burster) is the local name given
to a cold wind change which occurs in spring and summer along the coast of
New South Wales in eastern Australia. The map in figure 5.1 shows the area
where ...
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Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases ...
The name, used first in Sydney, has been adopted also in other Australian cities.
See Bria}:fielder. I863. F. Fowler, in ' Athenaeum,' Feb. 21, p. 264, col. 1_: “The
cold wind or southerly buster which . . . carries a thick cloud of dust . . . across the
...
Edward Ellis Morris, 2011
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ...
1886. F.Cowan, Australia, a Charcoal Sketch. The buster and brickfielder : austral
reddustblizzard ; and redhot Simoom. 1889. Rev.J. H. Zillmann, Australian Life,
40.Generally these winds endinwhatis commonly calleda southerly buster.
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The Facts on File Dictionary of Weather and Climate
South Equatorial Current See Equatorial Current. southerly buster An intense
cold squally southerly wind that advects polar air across southern and
southeastern Australia, especially the coast of New South Wales, in spring and
summer.
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Sea Kayaking: A Guide for Sea Canoeists
Southerly buster Southerly busters (aka southerly burster), occur as a result of
wind changes ahead of a cold front that are trapped by the NSW coastal
mountain range. Usually there is little cloud or warning of an approaching
southerly buster.
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Mountain Weather Research and Forecasting: Recent Progress ...
The “Southerly Buster” of southeastern Australia is an along-barrier jet resulting
from the interaction of a midlatitude frontal system with the coastal orography. In
this case, a relatively shallow cold front approaches southeastern Australia from ...
Fotini K. Chow, Stephan F.J. De Wekker, Bradley J. Snyder, 2012
9
Australia's Wild Weather
Sydney, my home place, knows one of the most famous: the Southerly Buster, to
which Henry Lawson dedicated a poem in 1909. The Southerly Buster is a storm
front that forms, mostly in the afternoons of summer, when cold air from the ...
10
The Life of Captain James Cook
A SOUTHERLY BUSTER. The first part of January 1777 was foggy, and Cook
says they "ran above 300 leagues in the dark." On the 19th a squall carried away
the fore topmast and main topgallant mast, and it took the whole day to replace
the ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOUTHERLY BUSTER»
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southerly buster is used in the context of the following news items.
Vortex? Blast? It's all cold weather
They are responsible for other well-known weather events in Australia, such as the eastern 'Southerly Buster'. Counter-intuitively, in the day or two leading up to ... «Farm Weekly, Jul 15»
A sailor's advice: just go with the flow and hope for the best
"We get what we call a Southerly Buster here," said Mr Walder. "Me and my wife got out there one day sailing in our 1952 Bluebird, and we got caught out and it ... «ABC Local, Jun 15»
In the Herald: May 22, 1978
"A southerly buster hit me sideways . . . flipped me over upside down," he said. The race was to have been from the "Harbour Bridge to Fort Denison and back, ... «Sydney Morning Herald, May 15»
Life wasn't meant to be this easy
... a cocktail called a Southerly Buster. "It must have been extremely strong," Lush said, "since Malcolm appeared to lose the use of his legs almost immediately. «Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 15»
Huge autumn storm clears Sydney beaches faster than a great white
LIGHTNING strikes and 100km/h winds caused a fire, brought down trees and powerlines, and disrupted dozens of rail services when a southerly buster tore ... «The Daily Telegraph, Feb 15»
Southerly shrouds Main Beach near Moruya – in pictures
According to the Bureau of Meteorology, Sydney receives an average of about five southerly busters a year and temperatures can drop 10C to 15C in less than ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
No casualties as Etchells Australian Nationals avoids storm
12-16) stayed ashore on day two as a hefty 30+knot Southerly buster smashes through with her elbows out wide. For sure the Principal Race Officer, Stewart ... «Scuttlebutt Sailing News, Jan 15»
Rio 100 wants light winds for Sydney to Hobart
[Source: The Australian] AS yachtsmen in Sydney wonder if Boxing Day will bring a thumping southerly buster or a howling nor'easterly to test the 117 ... «LiveSailDie.com, Dec 14»
The southerly buster: a scary sight to Sydney-Hobart sailors
SYDNEYSIDERS call it a “southerly buster” — a sudden cold front from the south that charges up the coast of NSW on a sweltering summer afternoon. «The Australian, Dec 14»
Extreme Sailing Series 2014: Sydney sunshine masks testing …
The little southerly buster and squally downpours which put paid to the opening day of the Extreme Sailing Series 2014 finale alongside the Opera House in ... «The Independent, Dec 14»
