A Change in the Weather: Climate and Culture in Australia

Description

Climate is what you expect, weather is what you get. The weather, our daily experience of nature, affects the way we feel and act. It can change lives, particularly in Australia, a continent of extreme, unpredictable and variable weather conditions. Climate plays a considerable role in the society and culture of the 'El Nino Continent'. A Change in the Weather is an interdisciplinary 'weather report' that draws together perspectives from the social sciences, the humanities, science and engineering to deepen our understanding of the relationship between climate and culture in Australia.

Tim Sherratt is a web developer at the National Archives of Australia. He is a historian of Australian science and culture who has been developing online resources relating to archives and history since 1993. Tom Griffiths is a professor of history in the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University-Canberra. He is the author of Forests of Ash: An Environmental History, Hunters and Collectors: The Antiquarian Imagination in Australia, and Slicing the Silence: Voyaging to Antarctica. Libby Robin is a historian of science and environment who works at the Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, an interdisciplinary research school of the Australian National University; and in the Centre for Historical Research at the National Museum of Australia.