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Australia has had many droughts, and in some parts of the country these droughts are continuing even today. There is always a region or shire in Australia which is drought-declared at any given time. It is the geography of the continent which makes Australia so prone to droughts. Some of Australia's major historical droughts include: * The "Federation drought" 1895-1902 * The drought of 1914-15 * The World War II droughts between 1937-45 * 1965-68 drought * The 1982-83 drought, culminating in the horrific Ash Wednesday bushfires * El Niño - 1991 through to 1995 This list is by no means exhaustive, as drought continues in many regions, and has done so since the beginning of this new millennium.

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