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The Black Friday bushfires of 13 January 1939, in Victoria, Australia, were part of the devastating 1938–1939 bushfire season in Australia, which saw bushfires burning for the whole summer, and ash falling as far away as New Zealand. It was calculated that three-quarters of the State of Victoria was directly or indirectly affected by the ...
This is a list of major bushfires in Australia. ... 13 January 1939: Black Friday bushfires: Victoria 2,000,000 4,900,000 71 3,700 0 [5] 14 January – 14 February 1944
The Adelaide Hills bushfires of 1939 were a series of bushfires in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia that burned from 10 to 14 January. There had been ample rain during the winter of 1938 resulting in heavy understorey, but drought set in toward the end of the year.
The following lists events that happened during 1939 in Australia. 1939 in Australia; Monarch: George VI: ... The bushfires of Black Friday kill 70 people in Victoria.
The Black Friday bushfires consumed Victoria, Australia. ... The fires in Victoria from 1939 to 1940 were the culmination of a long, dry summer. But on January 13, 1939, the Black Friday bushfires ...
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 ...
1939 1939 Regional, Australian Capital Territory Bushfire Dead=1 Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M resources - EMA Disasters database 1939 1939 Adelaide Hills, South Australia Bushfires Dead= Injured= Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
1939 - December - January "Black Friday" (71 deaths) 1926 - 14 February - March "Black Sunday" (60 deaths) ... Bushfires in Australia; 2015–16 Australian bushfire ...