Australia is often referred to as “The Lucky Country,” an ode to a book of the same title published in 1964 by Donald Horne, who concluded in the closing chapter that “Australia is a lucky country run ...

It’s beginning to feel a lot like 2007. Or 2000. Or 1990. Or 1981. At least some of Australia’s seemingly endless spell of growth is due to happenstance, luck, and idiosyncrasy: where the country lies ...

Erdkunde, Bd. 47, H. 4 (Dec., 1993), pp. 301-313 (13 pages) Since 1864 Australia has been affected by 10 major droughts and 7 of lesser severity. The last one 1991/92 was centered in the sheep farming ...