Tuesday 26 November 2013


These are a few of bushfires across the whole of Australia, over more than 100 years:

·         Bushfires in Victoria/ Australia on the 6th of February 1851. It burned over 5 million hectares (ha), about 12 human lives, 1 million sheep’s and thousands of cattle. It is now known as the Black Thursday.

·         Bushfire in Victoria on the 1st of February 1998. It had burned around 260,000 hectares, 12 human lives and around 2,000 buildings. This is now known at the Red Tuesdays Bushfires.

·         Bushfire in Victoria, on December 1938-Janurary 1993. It burned over 2 million hectares, 71 human lives and around 3,700 property damage. This bushfire is now knows and Black Friday Bushfire.

·         Bushfire in South Australia and Victoria on the 16th of February 1983. It had burned about 418,000 hectares, 75 human lives and 2,400 houses. It’s known as the Ash Wednesday Bushfire.

·         Bushfire in New South Wales on the 25th of December 2001-2002. It burned over 300,000 hectares, this time there were no lives taken. Also it burned around 121 homes. It’s now known as the Black Christmas.

·         Bushfire in Junee, New South Wales on New Year’s Day of 2006. Luckily this bushfire did not kill any human, but still burned a lot of stuff. The bushfire lost 30,000 hectares around seven homes, seven headers and four shearing sheds destroyed. 1,500 kilometres of fencing damaged. Its known as the Jail Break Inn Fire.

·         Bushfire in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales on the 6th of February 2006. This did not burn any human lives. It burned 9,000 hectares, 2,500 sheep and 6 cattle killed. 3 vehicles, 2 hay sheds and 50 km of fencing destroyed. It’s known as the Pulletop bushfire.

·         Bushfire in Tasmania, on the 4th of January 2013. It killed 1 human. It burned over 20,000 hectares and at least 170 buildings. Its known as the Tasmanian bushfires.

·         Bushfire in New South Wales on the 17th of October 2013 and it is still going at this very moment. So far it has killed 2 human lives. It has burned over 100,000 hectares. As of 19th of October 2013 at least 248 buildings were destroyed state-wide. Another 109 damaged in Springwood, Winmalee and Yellow Rock. Major fires also occurred in the Hunter, Central Coast, Macarthur and Port Stephend regions causing significant damage. It’s still known as the 2013 New South Wales bushfires.
 

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