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Sleeping on beaches and staying social: how Australians kept cool in heatwaves before modern technology

By Mandy Paul, Visiting Research Fellow, School of Humanities, University of Adelaide
Rochelle Schoff, PhD Candidate at La Trobe University, La Trobe University

In 1939, Adelaide endured 13 straight days of extreme heat – residents’ diaries from the time reveal old-fashioned cooling strategies.

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