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|+ style="font-variant:small-caps;line-height:200%;" | Table showing the Rainfall between Lake Eyre and the Coast |- | width=10% style="text-align:center;border-top:1px solid black;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-left:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-top:1em;padding-bottom:1em;vertical-align:middle;" | Locality.|| width=6% style="text-align:center;border-top:1px solid black;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-top:1em;padding-bottom:1em;vertical-align:middle;" | Inches. || width=4% style="text-align:center;border-top:1px solid black;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:4px double black;padding-top:1em;padding-bottom:1em;vertical-align:middle;" | Mean
of
Years. || width=10% style="text-align:center;border-top:1px solid black;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-top:1em;padding-bottom:1em;vertical-align:middle;" | Locality.|| width=5% style="text-align:center;border-top:1px solid black;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-top:1em;padding-bottom:1em;vertical-align:middle;" | Inches. || width=4% style="text-align:center;border-top:1px solid black;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:4px double black;padding-top:1em;padding-bottom:1em;vertical-align:middle;" | Mean
of
Years. || width=10% style="text-align:center;border-top:1px solid black;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-top:1em;padding-bottom:1em;vertical-align:middle;" | Locality.|| width=6% style="text-align:center;border-top:1px solid black;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-top:1em;padding-bottom:1em;vertical-align:middle;" | Inches. || width=4% style="text-align:center;border-top:1px solid black;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:4px double black;padding-top:1em;padding-bottom:1em;vertical-align:middle;" | Mean
of
Years. || width=10% style="text-align:center;border-top:1px solid black;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-top:1em;padding-bottom:1em;vertical-align:middle;" | Locality.|| width=6% style="text-align:center;border-top:1px solid black;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-top:1em;padding-bottom:1em;vertical-align:middle;" | Inches. || width=4% style="text-align:center;border-top:1px solid black;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:4px double black;padding-top:1em;padding-bottom:1em;vertical-align:middle;" | Mean
of
Years. || width=10% style="text-align:center;border-top:1px solid black;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-left:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-top:1em;padding-bottom:1em;vertical-align:middle;" | Locality. || width=6% style="text-align:center;border-top:1px solid black;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-top:1em;padding-bottom:1em;vertical-align:middle;" | Inches. || width=4% style="text-align:center;border-top:1px solid black;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-top:1em;padding-bottom:1em;vertical-align:middle;" | Mean
of
Years. |- | style="text-align:left;border-left:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-left:1em;padding-top:1em;" | Kanawana || style="border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;padding-top:1em;" | 2.78 || style="border-right:4px double black;padding-right:1em;padding-top:1em;" | 10 || style="text-align:left;border-right:1px solid black;padding-left:1em;padding-top:1em;" | Mildura || style="border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;padding-top:1em;" | 10.90 || style="border-right:4px double black;padding-right:1em;padding-top:1em;" | 10 || style="text-align:left;border-right:1px solid black;padding-left:1em;padding-top:1em;" | Mundi-Mundi || style="border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;padding-top:1em;" | 7.11 || style="border-right:4px double black;padding-right:1em;padding-top:1em;" | 6 || style="text-align:left;border-right:1px solid black;padding-left:1em;padding-top:1em;" | Menindie || style="border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;padding-top:1em;" | 9.56 || style="border-right:4px double black;padding-right:1em;padding-top:1em;" | 22 || style="text-align:left;border-right:1px solid black;padding-left:1em;padding-top:1em;" | Milparinka || style="border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;padding-top:1em;" | 9.09 || style="border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;padding-top:1em;" | 17 |- | style="text-align:left;border-left:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-left:1em;" | Killalpanina || style="border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;" | 5.92 || style="border-right:4px double black;padding-right:1em;" | 18 || style="text-align:left;border-right:1px solid black;padding-left:1em;" | Swan Hill || style="border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;" | 13.66 || style="border-right:4px double black;padding-right:1em;" | 16 || style="text-align:left;border-right:1px solid black;padding-left:1em;" | Balranald || style="border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;" | 12.37 || style="border-right:4px double black;padding-right:1em;" | 21 || style="text-align:left;border-right:1px solid black;padding-left:1em;" | Condobolin || style="border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;" | 18.98 || style="border-right:4px double black;padding-right:1em;" | 18 || style="text-align:left;border-right:1px solid black;padding-left:1em;" | Bourke|| style="border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;" | 16.42 || style="border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;" | 17 |- | style="text-align:left;border-left:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-left:1em;" | Port Augusta || style="border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;" | 9.08 || style="border-right:4px double black;padding-right:1em;" | 43 || style="text-align:left;border-right:1px solid black;padding-left:1em;" | Ballarat || style="border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;" | 26.86 || style="border-right:4px double black;padding-right:1em;" | 30 || style="text-align:left;border-right:1px solid black;padding-left:1em;" | Bombala || style="border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;" | 24.23 || style="border-right:4px double black;padding-right:1em;" | 15 || style="text-align:left;border-right:1px solid black;padding-left:1em;" | Blue M'nt'ns || style="border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;" | 38.28 || style="border-right:4px double black;padding-right:1em;" | 27 || style="text-align:left;border-right:1px solid black;padding-left:1em;" | Glen Innes || style="border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;" | 33.68 || style="border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;" | 18 |- | style="text-align:left;border-left:1px solid black;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-left:1em;padding-bottom:1em;" | Adelaide || style="border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;" | 29.09 || style="border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:4px double black;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;" | 46 || style="text-align:left;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-left:1em;padding-bottom:1em;" | Melbourne || style="border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;" | 25.55 || style="border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:4px double black;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;" | 45 || style="text-align:left;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-left:1em;padding-bottom:1em;" | Eden || style="border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;" | 35.59 || style="border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:4px double black;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;" | 30 || style="text-align:left;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-left:1em;padding-bottom:1em;" | Sydney || style="border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;" | 49.66 || style="border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:4px double black;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;" | 41 || style="text-align:left;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-left:1em;padding-bottom:1em;" | Grafton || style="border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;" | 39.59 || style="border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;" | 27 |- |   |- | style="text-align:center;border-left:1px solid black;border-top:1px solid black;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-top:1em;padding-bottom:1em;vertical-align:middle;" | Locality.|| style="text-align:center;border-top:1px solid black;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-top:1em;padding-bottom:1em;vertical-align:middle;" | Inches. || style="text-align:center;border-top:1px solid black;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:4px double black;padding-top:1em;padding-bottom:1em;vertical-align:middle;" | Mean
of
Years. || style="text-align:center;border-top:1px solid black;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-top:1em;padding-bottom:1em;vertical-align:middle;" | Locality.|| style="text-align:center;border-top:1px solid black;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-top:1em;padding-bottom:1em;vertical-align:middle;" | Inches. || style="text-align:center;border-top:1px solid black;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:4px double black;padding-top:1em;padding-bottom:1em;vertical-align:middle;" | Mean
of
Years. || style="text-align:center;border-top:1px solid black;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-top:1em;padding-bottom:1em;vertical-align:middle;" | Locality.|| style="text-align:center;border-top:1px solid black;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-top:1em;padding-bottom:1em;vertical-align:middle;" | Inches. || style="text-align:center;border-top:1px solid black;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-top:1em;padding-bottom:1em;vertical-align:middle;" | Mean
of
Years. |- | style="text-align:left;border-left:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-left:1em;padding-top:1em;" | Innaminka || style="border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;padding-top:1em;" | 5.43 || style="border-right:4px double black;padding-right:1em;padding-top:1em;" | || style="text-align:left;border-right:1px solid black;padding-left:1em;padding-top:1em;" | Innaminka || style="border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;padding-top:1em;" | 5.43 || style="border-right:4px double black;padding-right:1em;padding-top:1em;" | || style="text-align:left;border-right:1px solid black;padding-left:1em;padding-top:1em;" | Innaminka || style="border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;padding-top:1em;" | 5.43 || style="border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;padding-top:1em;" | |- | style="text-align:left;border-left:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-left:1em;" | Mt. Howitt || style="border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;" | 10.05 || style="border-right:4px double black;padding-right:1em;" | || style="text-align:left;border-right:1px solid black;padding-left:1em;" | Charleville || style="border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;" | 19.48 || style="border-right:4px double black;padding-right:1em;" | || style="text-align:left;border-right:1px solid black;padding-left:1em;" | Cunnamulla || style="border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;" | 15.32 || style="border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;" | |- | style="text-align:left;border-left:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-left:1em;" | Aramac || style="border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;" | 17.48 || style="border-right:4px double black;padding-right:1em;" | || style="text-align:left;border-right:1px solid black;padding-left:1em;" | Miles || style="border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;" | 27.33 || style="border-right:4px double black;padding-right:1em;" | || style="text-align:left;border-right:1px solid black;padding-left:1em;" | Warwick || style="border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;" | 29.00 || style="border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;" | |- | style="text-align:left;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-left:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-left:1em;padding-bottom:1em;" | Mackay || style="border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;" | 70.09 || style="border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:4px double black;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;" | || style="text-align:left;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-left:1em;padding-bottom:1em;" | Maryborough || style="border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;" | 47.24 || style="border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:4px double black;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;" | || style="text-align:left;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-left:1em;padding-bottom:1em;" | South Port || style="border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;" | 62.62 || style="border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;" | |}

It is worth notice that at Birdsville, on the lower Diamantina, not far distant from the Lake Eyre district, the mean rainfall recorded for five years was only 3.16 inches. Captain Sturt described that place as an absolute desert. When I saw it in the year 1862, after a great flood, it was a pastoral paradise.