538 HENRY A. HUNT. 
A depression existed over the Australian Bight, the winds were 
moderate northerly and southerly, as usual in such conditions, 
there were a few light easterly winds. Isobars were close over 
eastern Victoria, but there was nothing which seemed to indicate 
the violent cyclone that developed during that day over southern 
parts of South Australia and south-west of New South Wales, 
(See Charts 27 and 28.) This storm formed in the rear of a very 
substantial anticyclone, then over the Tasman Sea, and it should 
be noted that it did not act as a secondary and travel round the 
southern and eastern parts of the high pressure, but it moved 
towards the northern side of it and against its circulation, thus 
proving its own Polar impulse and energy, and giving rise to very 
strong gales and steep barometric grades with great fall of 
temperatures ; these conditions produced extremely heavy and 
wide spread rains, not only within the storm isobars, but over the 
whole of the eastern half of Australia. We have no means of 
tracing the rain to the west of the overland telegraph line, becaus? 
there are no observing stations there. 
May 28th was unfortunately a Sunday, and we have no obser 
vations for that day, but on the 29th the cyclone is seen in full 
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