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The 1993-94 fire season was amongst the largest firefighting efforts in Australian history. A lengthy Coronial inquest followed the fires, leading to the formation of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service. [23] The Rural Fires Act 1997 was proclaimed on 1 September 1997. [24]
1994 Eastern seaboard fires: New South Wales 400,000 990,000 4 225 0 [35] 8 January 1997 Wooroloo bushfire Western Australia 10,500 26,000 0 16 0 [citation needed] 21 January 1997 Dandenongs bushfire Victoria 400 990 3 41 0 [36] 2 December 1997 Lithgow bushfire New South Wales 2 [g] 0 0 [36] 2 December 1997 Menai bushfire New South Wales 1 [h ...
A major bushfire occurred in southern Queensland, Australia, in October 1993, and several major bushfires occurred in New South Wales from December 1993 to January 1994. 3 people were killed in New South Wales by the fires and more than 29 were injured. More than 70,000 ha were destroyed in New South Wales.
1965 New South Wales bushfires. ... (2,000,000 acres) burnt in NSW; 1994 Eastern seaboard fires: ... NSW Rural Fire Service: Brief History of Bush Fires in NSW ...
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 ...
The Premier of New South Wales Barry O'Farrell declared a state of emergency on 20 October, [11] empowering firefighters to evict residents and demolish fire-affected buildings. [12] The fires were the worst in New South Wales since the 1960s, although they were dwarfed by the 2019-2020 Australia bushfires. [12]
1994 eastern seaboard fires; ... 2013 New South Wales bushfires; B. Black Christmas bushfires; C. Chatsbury bushfires; J. 2006 Junee Bushfire; S. Seaham bushfires ...
2007 New South Wales storms: 10 2008 Thunderstorm: Queensland storms: 2 500,000,000 AUD 2009 Heat wave: 2009 southeastern Australia heat wave: 374 [59] A nine-day heat wave in early 2009 in which Adelaide recorded six consecutive days over 40 °C (104 °F), a high of 45.7 °C (114.3 °F) and a record overnight minimum of 33.9 °C (93.0 °F) on ...