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2007–08 Australian bushfire season: 5 fatalities, 1 house lost; 2007 Kangaroo Island bushfires; 3 truck drivers killed [21] on 30 December at Boorabbin National Park in Western Australia [22] One house lost on 10 January in the Kangarilla and Echunga area of South Australia [23] 2006–07 Australian bushfire season: 5 fatalities, 63 houses lost
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.
According to Tim Flannery (The Future Eaters), fire is one of the most important forces at work in the Australian environment.Some plants have evolved a variety of mechanisms to survive or even require bushfires (possessing epicormic shoots or lignotubers that sprout after a fire, or developing fire-resistant or fire-triggered seeds), or even encourage fire (eucalypts contain flammable oils in ...
The 1974–75 Australian bushfire season is a series of bushfires, also known around the world as wildfires, that burned across Australia. Fires that summer burned up an estimated 117 million hectares (290 million acres ; 1,170,000 square kilometres ; 450,000 square miles ).
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has a long history of bushfires. Typically, the fire season commences on 1 October and runs through until 31 March the following year. [1] During this time the ACT will commonly experience wildfires including grassfires and bushfires. Most years will have a few fires of varying sizes and impacts, but some ...
0–9. 1974–75 Australian bushfire season; 1993–94 Australian bushfire season; 1996–97 Australian bushfire season; 2002–03 Australian bushfire season
The 2024–25 Australian bushfire season [a] is the current summer season of bushfires in Australia. At the beginning of the season temperatures had been above average to high above average for most regions, with parts of Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland experiencing highest on record maximum temperatures for the winter period ...
Bushfire: 1974-75 Australian bushfire season: 6 Farmers' crops, 57,000 farm animals, and 10,200 kilometres (6,300 mi) of fencing Fire burned up 117 million hectares (290 million acres), which is 15% of Australia's land. [51] 1974 Flood: Brisbane flood: 16 980,000,000 AUD 1974 Cyclone: Cyclone Tracy: 71 645,350,000 USD (1974)