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On the cyclones of Tasmania and the surrounding seas in July and August, 1852.

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posted on 2023-11-22, 11:35 authored by Thomas Dobson
The general nature of the gales that prevail on the south coast of Australia, Bass's Straits, and on the Coasts of Van Diemen's Land was correctly described by Flinders forty years ago. This description is the more valuable and trustworthy, inasmuch as Flinders was ignorant of the modern theory of rotatory storms.

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Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania

Volume

2

Issue

3

Pagination

394-423

ISSN

0080-4703

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In 1843 the Horticultural and Botanical Society of Van Diemen's Land was founded and became the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science in 1844. In 1855 its name changed to the Royal Society of Tasmania for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science. In 1911 the name was shortened to The Royal Society of Tasmania..

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