04 Jul 1826, 2 – The Morning Chronicle at Newspapers.com
07 Sep 1827, 3 – The Village Messenger at Newspapers.com
10 Aug 1827, 4 – New England Farmer at Newspapers.com
“Although New South Wales is not subject to the periodical showers of the tropics, a large quantity of rain falls throughout the year; hitherto the colony has been visited by a drought about every twelve years; the last one continuing from 1826 to 1829, during which period, little or no rain fell”
p6 – 26 Oct 1837 – The Colonist (Sydney, NSW : 1835 – 1840) – Trove
“From 1826 to 1829 wail the very worst and the longest of all Australian droughts.”