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| Keywords: StateLibQld 2 201531 Rain making equipment, Charleville, 1947.jpg en Rain making equipment Charleville 1947 The 'Stiger-Vortex-Gun' was an idea from Professor Clement Wragge a Queensland meteorologist who had 10 guns build in Brisbane and taken to Charleville in an attempt to break the drought Guns were then placed in different parts of the town and on 2 September 1902 gunpowder was emptied into the breech of each gun and then detonated No rain fell 1947 handle 10462/deriv/96692 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Black and white photographs Hail cannons Charleville Queensland 1947 in Australia | ||||
