Black Thursday bushfires

Victoria, Australia

Approximately

5 million ha

6 February 1851

12

1 million sheep, thousands of cattle

Red Tuesday bushfires

Victoria

260,000ha

1 February 1898

12

2,000 buildings

1926 bushfires

Victoria

February-March 1926

60

Balck Friday bushfires

Victoria

2,000,000ha

December 1938 -January 1939, peaking 13

January 1939

71

3,700

1944 Bushfires

Victoria

Estimated 1 million ha

14 January - 14 February 1944

15-20

more than 500 houses

1951-2 Bushfires

Victoria

Summer 1951-52

at least 10

Black Sunday bushfires

South Australia

2 January 1955

2

1961 Western Australian bushfires

Western Australia

January - March 1961

0

1962 Bushfires

Victoria

14 -16 January 1962

32

450 houses

Southern Highlands Bushfires

New South Wales

5-14 March 1965

3

59 homes

Tasmanian "Black Tuesday" bushfires

Tasmania

Approximately 264,000ha

1967

62

1,293 homes

1969 Bushfires

Victoria

8 January 1969

23

230 houses

Northern Sydney busfires

Sydney, NSW

1979

Ash Wednesday bushfires

South Australia and Victoria

418,000ha

16 February 1983

75

About 2,400 houses

1994 Eastern seaboard fires

New South Wales

27 December 1993 - 16 January 1994

4

225 homes

Dandenongs bushfires

Victoria

21 January 1997

3

33 homes

Lithgow bushfires

New South Wales

2 December 1997

2

Linton bushfires

Victoria

1998

5

Black Christmas bushfires

New South Wales

740,000acres

2001-02

0

121 homes

2003 Canberra bushfires

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

2003

4

Almost 500 homes

2003 Eastern Victorian alpine bushfires

Victoria

Over 1.3 million ha

8 January - 8 March 2003

41 homes

Tenterden

Western Australia

December 2003

2

Eyre Peninsula bushfire

South Australia

145,000ha

2005

9

93 homes

2006 Central Coast bishfires

Central Coast, New South Wales

New Years Day 2006

Jail Break Inn fire

Junee, New South Wales

30,000ha

New Years Day 2006

Livestock losses estimated to be over 20,000. Seven homes, seven headers and four shearing sheds destroyed. 1,500kilometres

(930mi) of fencing damaged.

Stawell New Year fire

Victoria

December 2005 - January 2006

Grampians bushfire

Victoria

January 2006

3

Pulletop bushfire

Wagga Wagga, New South Wales

9,000

6 February 2006

0

2,500 sheep and cattle killed, 3 vehicles and 2 hay sheds destroyed as well 50km of fencing.

2006-07 Australian bushfire season

September 2006 - January 2007

Kangaroo Island bushfires

South Australia

95,000ha

6 -14 December 2007

1

2009 Victorian Bushfires

Victoria

450,000+ha

7 February 2009 - 14 March 2009

173

2,029+ houses, 2,000 other structures