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Until the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires, Ash Wednesday had the highest-recorded death toll for a bushfire disaster, with 75 deaths. [2] For the next quarter century, Ash Wednesday was used as the measure for all bushfire emergencies in Australia; though since 2009, that has been supplemented by the lessons learned from Black Saturday.
This is a list of major bushfires in Australia. The list contains individual bushfires and bushfire seasons that have resulted in fatalities, or bushfires that have burned in excess of 5,000 hectares (12,000 acres), or was significant for its damage to particular Australian landmarks.
1984-85 Australian bushfire season: NSW in 1984-85, 3,500,000 hectares (8,600,000 acres) were burnt, four lives were lost, 40,000 livestock were killed and $40m damage to property was caused (RFS 2003a). 1982-1983 Australian bushfire season: The Ash Wednesday fires of 16 February 1983 caused severe damage in Victoria and South Australia. In ...
1983 Australian Labor Party leadership spill; 1983 Western Australian state election; A. Ash Wednesday bushfires; M. 1983 Melbourne dust storm This page was ...
1983 - 16 February "Ash Wednesday" ... 2019–20 Australian bushfire season; ... newspaper reports and images about Victorian bushfires from 1851 to the present. ...
16 February – The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia claim the lives of 72 people and destroys over 2,000 homes in one of Australia's worst ever fires. 21 February – The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) endorses the prices and income accord drawn up jointly with the Australian Labor Party.
1983 1983 Regional, Australian Capital Territory Bushfires Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M resources - EMA Disasters database 1986 1986 Region, South Australia Bushfire Dead= Injured=13 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
1974-75 Australian bushfire season (Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia) Ash Wednesday bushfires of 1983 (Victoria and South Australia) with 520,000 hectares burnt. 1994 Eastern seaboard fires (New South Wales) with 800,000 hectares burnt. Black Christmas bushfires 2001–2002 (New South Wales) with 750,000 hectares ...