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The Black Thursday bushfires were a devastating series of fires that swept the Port Phillip District (now the state of Victoria) in Australia, on 6 February 1851, burning up 5 million hectares (12 million acres; 50,000 square kilometres; 19,000 square miles), or about a quarter of the state's area.
2000 2000 Portland Region, Victoria Bushfire (Lightning-Induced) Dead= Injured= Affected=700 Homeless= Est Cost=$0M resources - EMA Disasters database 2000 2000 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales Grass Fire Dead= Injured=40 Affected= Homeless= Est Cost=$0M
The state of Victoria in Australia has had a long history of catastrophic bushfires. The most deadly of these, the Black Saturday bushfires of 2009 claiming 173 lives. Legislation, planning, management and suppression are the responsibilities of the Victorian State Government
Surgeon General Sir James Mouat VC KCB FRCS (14 April 1815 – 4 January 1899) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
1815 Victoria and Albert Museum: Cenotaph to the Memory of Sir Joshua Reynolds: 1836 National Gallery: Chain Pier, Brighton: 1827 Tate: Flatford Mill: 1816 1811 Tate: Stratford Saint Mary from the Coombs: c. 1800 Clark Art Institute: Dedham Vale: 1802 Victoria and Albert Museum: Woodland Scene Overlooking Dedham Vale: c. 1802-1803 Clark Art ...
Alexander Tolmer (1815 – 7 March 1890) was a South Australian police officer and Police Commissioner.He was educated at Plymouth, Rouen, Maidstone and Hawkhurst.He migrated to South Australia in 1840 where he was made sub-inspector by Governor George Gawler.
The main fire burnt over 1,300,000 hectares (3,200,000 acres) over 59 days before it was contained on 7 March 2003. 41 homes and 213 other structures were destroyed, along with tree bridges, and 10,000 livestock were killed. Thousands of kilometres of fencing was also destroyed. This was the longest running fire until the 2006-07 Great Divide ...
Two people died in The Grampians when their car was overcome by the Mount Lubra bushfire. [1] Over the month a total of 500 fires were recorded in Victoria with 359 farm buildings destroyed, stock losses of 64,000 and 1,600 square kilometres (618 sq mi) of private and public land burned out. [2]