Thanks Josephus,

A 39-year drought around the year 1200 ! That would have meant an age-gap amongst Aboriginal groups from the most affected areas, of around forty five years or more - early on, survivors would have had to seek out shelter with neighbouring groups with whom they had relations. Any groups which thought they were okay around permanent springs would have died of starvation pretty quick.

And after that 39-year drought, it could have taken centuries - perhaps until 1788 - for groups to re-populate their old country, and re-institute cultural knowledge, coping with intermittent shorter droughts in the meantime.

Australia is the driest of continents, a brutal environment for only the most resourceful people. That's what Aboriginal people had to put up with for thousands of years, not just for one particularly hot season.

Thanks again :)

Joe

Josephus, AGAIN?
REALLY?
Mate you are the forum guru.
You are making me dizzy with all your discoveries and links.
WHY, I hear some say?
Because all your submissions have vindicated me over and over again.
If the alarmists don't believe me, go back over my past comments.
Everything mentioned in your video I have said before.
I can't BS, like SR and Paul and Co. because it is all there on the record, in past postings.
I don't usually gloat, but I have had my patience and other things broken over and over for so long, when I have been saying exactly what this guy has said, and there's no denying it, he comes with proof.
So thanks again Josephus, we on the side of "RIGHT", can definitely claim victory once and for all, and all the blubber and bluster by SR and Paul will be for nowt.
SR and Paul can talk to each other in consoling each other that they were so stupid as to believe such a far-fetched fallacy with such an extraordinary and extreme catastrophe, that never was, nor ever will be.
I wish someone would come back to these comments in years to come and remind everyone that the alarmists were WRONG!

The problem with the AGW denialists is that they JUST DON'T CARE that Australia is a climate change victim of the impact of the greenhouse gas emissions being produced by the big culprits China, US, EU, India, Japan and Russia.

They would rather see Australia burn year after year in catastrophic bushfires than confront the big emitters and demand that they fix the problem. This will be the downfall of the LNP come the next election because voters will be watching to see who is more willing to confront the big emitters. The LNP don't even think AGW exists let alone think about getting the big emitters to reduce their burning of fossil fuels.

PS I just had an epiphany which I need to share with everyone.

All the revenue, direct and indirect, pouring into the government's coffers each year from the export of coal and associated products should be put towards protecting Australia from bushfire catastrophes and compensating those who have been affected by bushfires. Also some of it should go to developing hospital services to treat the victims of the smoke related illnesses that will show up later on down the track.

Mr O, That is exactly what is paying for the Bush fire recovery, it is coming from coal exports. Wake up to the real world! If we do not supply India with quality coal; the best in the World, they will buy a poorer quality and put greater pollution into the atmosphere.

Misopinionated,

Do you mean more funding for fuel reduction programs in national parks ? Removal of old trees ? Allowing stock to graze?

Or do you mean sitting on your arse in a bistro sipping your soy latte, waiting for some disaster, then complaining about climate change, the One True Evil, to your half-wit mates ?

Surely prevention is better than remediation if it's at all possible ?

Hmmmm, how do you connect fuel reduction programs to climate change ?

Joe