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THE physiological section of the British Association began its programme for the Australian meeting in Melbourne. Considerable alterations had to be made at the last moment owing to the unavoidable absence of members who were expected to con tribqte to a general discussion upon climate from a physiological poir.t of view. This is a subject to which considerable attention has been paid in Australia, and very complete meteorological statistics from all parts of the country are available. Wet and dry bulb records of temperature, rainfall, and other particulars were furnished by the authorities, and the climatic conditions of Northern Australia in particular have already been analysed locally with a view to determine the possibility of the settling of these regions by a white population. Australians are deter mined to people their country with none but a white population, and one of the problems of the country is how to bring this about successfully under the diverse conditions which prevail in the large tropical areas of the north.
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Physiology at the British Association . Nature 94, 322–324 (1914). https://doi.org/10.1038/094322c0
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