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  2. List of major bushfires in Australia - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Bushfires in Australia - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. List of Australian bushfire seasons - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of specific seasons of bushfires in Australia including some significant bushfire events from each season. Events are listed if they cause fatalities, destroy houses, or burn more than 100,000 hectares (250,000 acres) of land.

  5. Category:Bushfires in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to bushfires in Australia, uncontrolled, non-structural fires burning in a grass, scrub, bush, or forested area. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bushfires in Australia . Australia portal

  6. List of wildfires - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. 2019–20 Australian bushfire season - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. List of largest fires of the 21st century - Wikipedia

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    2006–2007 Australian bushfire season Australia: 1,300,000 5 [16] 13 2017 British Columbia wildfires Canada: 1,148,000 0 [17] 14 2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires Brazil Bolivia Colombia Paraguay Peru: 906,495–930,776 2 [18] 15 2017 Chile wildfires Chile: 500,000 11 [19] 16 2009 Black Saturday bushfires Australia: 401,073 173 [20] 17

  9. List of disasters in Australia by death toll - Wikipedia

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    Bushfires Australia-wide 479 2019–2020 The Black Summer bushfires killed 479 people; 34 people from flames, and 445 people from smoke exposure. Future deaths from cardiovascular conditions and cancer are predicted. Heat wave: Victoria: 438: 1938 Dec – 1939 Feb