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The 1994 (NSW): Report of the Select Committee on Bushfires, Parliament of New South Wales, Legislative Assembly and 1996 (NSW): Recommendations from the New South Wales Inquiry into 1993/94 Fires, NSW State Coroner's Office. J.W. Hiatt. examined causes of the fires.
[55] [56] More than 118,000 hectares (291,584 acres) of bushland were burnt across the state, concentrated around the eastern seaboard and highlands. [1] HSC examinations in some regions were affected by the bushfires. Among the schools affected by the fires, St. Columba's Catholic College, close to the Linksview Road Fire were evacuated mid-exam.
1993–94 Australian bushfire season: 4 fatalities, 206 houses lost, 800,000 hectares (2,000,000 acres) burnt in NSW; 1994 eastern seaboard fires: 4 fatalities and 206 houses lost on the east coast of New South Wales [9] 1992–93 Australian bushfire season: 4 houses lost; 4 houses lost at Coominya in Queensland [11]
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 ...
Sydney Bushfire smoke in January 1994. 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.
Alfords Point residents have been victim to bushfires, perhaps the most infamous being those of the 1994 Eastern seaboard fires which claimed many homes in the area, particularly those directly neighbouring the Georges River National Park. Other recent bushfires in the area occurred in Summer 1997–98 and Summer 2001–2002, however, damage to ...
Eastern seaboard fires: 4 225 homes 1996 Landslide: Gracetown landslide: 9 About 30 tonnes of rock and sand fell from a cliff to the below spectators of a school surf event. [56] 1997 Landslide: Thredbo landslide: 18 One victim was found alive after 60 hours of being buried. [57] 1998 Flood: Cyclone Les (1998) 3 Cyclone: 1998 Flood
Many parts of eastern Australia including Queensland, New South Wales and Gippsland, in Victoria, were already in drought. [1] Above normal fire was also predicted for large parts of Southern Australia and Eastern Australia by the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC. The forecast noted that Queensland had recorded the ninth driest and fourth ...