The following lists events that happened during 1923 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1920 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1974 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1901 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1930 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1925 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1897 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1903 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1975 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1957 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1904 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1916 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1856 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1913 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1887 in Australia.
Drought in Australia is defined by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology as rainfall over period greater than three-months being in the lowest decile of what has been recorded for that region in the past. This definition takes into account that drought is a relative term and rainfall deficiencies need to be compared to typical rainfall patterns including seasonal variations. Specifically, drought in Australia is defined in relation to a rainfall deficiency of pastoral leases and is determined by decile analysis applied to a certain area. Note that this definition uses rainfall only because long-term records are widely available across most of Australia. However, it does not take into account other variables that might be important for establishing surface water balance, such as evaporation and condensation.
The following lists events that happened during 1874 in Australia.
In Australia, the Federation Drought is the name given to a prolonged period of drought that occurred around the time of Federation in 1901.
Between 1979 and 1983 almost all of eastern Australia was affected by a major drought.
The 1911–16 Australian drought consisted of a series of droughts that affected various regions of Australia between the years of 1911 and 1916. Most of the dry spells during this period can be related to three El Niño events in 1911, 1913 and 1914, though rainfall deficiencies actually began in northern Australia before the first of these El Niños set in and did not ease in coastal districts of New South Wales until well after the last El Niño had firmly dissipated and trends toward very heavy rainfall developed in other areas of the continent.
