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1982/83 drought
affected almost all of eastern Australia and was particularly severe in south
eastern Australia
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Severe droughts
in south eastern Australia are usually caused by failure of the winter-spring
rains and extend through summer to the following autumn
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Only small parts
of southeast Queensland, adjacent notheast New South Wales and parts of
southwest and northeast Tasmania were free from drought.
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