subs. phr. (Australian).—A sudden gale from the southward: cf. BRICKFIELDER.

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  1863.  FRANK FOWLER [The Athenæum, 21 Feb., 264, 1]. The ‘brickfielder’ … is but another name for the cold wind or ‘SOUTHERLY-BUSTER,’ which … carries a thick cloud of dust … across the city [Sydney].

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  1878.  Australian, i. 587. SOUTHERLY BUSTERS by ‘Ironbark’ [Title].

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  1883.  Times, 27 Sept., 9. The port is exposed to sudden gales known as SOUTHERLY BUSTERS.

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  1885.  FINCH-HATTON, Advance Australia! xix. A ‘SOUTHERLY BUSTER,’ as it is called—sweeps up from the ice-fields of the southern sea.

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  1889.  J. H. ZILLMANN, Australian Life, 40. It is no mere pastime to be caught in a ‘SOUTHERLY BUSTER.’

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  1893.  The Australasian, 12 Aug., 302, 1. You should see him with Commodore Jack out in the teeth of ‘the hard glad weather,’ when a SOUTHERLY BUSTER sweeps up the harbour.

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  1896.  H. A. HUNT, Essay on SOUTHERLEY BUSTERS [Title].

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