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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.
2015–16 Australian bushfire season: 9 fatalities, 408 houses lost; The most destructive bushfire season in terms of human life and property loss since the 2008–09 Australian bushfire season prior to the 2019-2020 bushfires. Insurance losses of around A$353 million [28] At least 317,000 hectares (780,000 acres) burned
But the 2019-20 Australian bushfire season occurred at a scale and intensity that is unprecedented according to wildlife ecologist Sarah Legge. [citation needed] During the 2019-2020 bushfires, 11 Australian bioregions, 17 major native vegetation groups were severely burnt. Also, up to 67%-83% of the globally significant rainforests and ...
Black Christmas bushfires 2001–2002 (New South Wales) with 750,000 hectares burnt. Canberra bushfires of 2003; Black Saturday bushfires of 2009 (Victoria) with 400,000 hectares burnt and the highest death toll of over 170 deaths. 2019–20 Australian bushfire season – "Black summer" – the worst bushfire season in modern Australian history ...
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 ...
0–9. 1974–75 Australian bushfire season; 1993–94 Australian bushfire season; 1996–97 Australian bushfire season; 2002–03 Australian bushfire season
The 2019–20 Australian bushfire season, [a] or Black Summer, was one of the most intense and catastrophic fire seasons on record in Australia. It included a period of bushfires in many parts of Australia , which, due to its unusual intensity, size, duration, and uncontrollable dimension, was considered a megafire by media at the time.
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 ...