Listen again to historian Graham McLennan who talks about two big droughts in Australia in the 1830s and 1890s. The governor called Austalians to prayer. What was the result? Listen to find out. Broadcast on “Songs of Hope” on 88.3 on Sunday 2013 01 13 at 8:45am.
Here is the podcast of todays Songs of Hope. An hour of Christian praise and worship music. At about 3/4 of the way through, listen again to the story of how droughts struck Australia in the 1830s and 1890s. The governor Gibbs called for a day of prayer and fasting during the 1830s drought. Also the churches prayed. The drought broke.