Hydrology and Earth System Sciences www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net 1027-5606 1607-7938 14 3 2010 10.5194/hess-14-433-2010 http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/14/433/2010/ http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/14/433/2010/hess-14-433-2010.html http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/14/433/2010/hess-14-433-2010.pdf 433 445 2010-03-08 Towards understanding hydroclimatic change in Victoria, Australia – preliminary insights into the "Big Dry" A. S. Kiem anthony.kiem@newcastle.edu.au D. C. Verdon-Kidd Environmental and Climate Change Research Group, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and IT, University of Newcastle, Australia Since the mid-1990s the majority of Victoria, Australia, has experienced severe drought conditions (i.e. the "Big Dry") characterized by streamflow that is the lowest in approximately 80 years of record. 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