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NEW SOUTH WALES
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December 1938 – January 1939
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Dubbo, Lugarno, Snowy Mountains, Canberra
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Deaths: 13
People rendered homeless: 1,000
Buildings: many houses2
Livestock: 10,000
Area burnt: 73,000 hectares3
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November 1951 – January 1952
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Wagga Wagga and district, Pilliga
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Deaths: 114
Area burnt: more than 4 million hectares5
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December 1957 – 1958
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Blue Mountains, Leura
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Deaths: 46
Buildings: 170
Area burnt: more than 2 million hectares7
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September 1968 – January 1969
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South Coast
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Deaths: 14
People rendered homeless: 600
Buildings: more than 200
Area burnt: more than 2 million hectares8
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December 1974 – January 1975
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Bourke to Balranald, Cobar Shire, Moolah–Corinya—most of the Western Division
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Deaths: 39
Buildings: 50
Livestock: 50,000
Fencing: 10,170 kilometres
Area burnt: 4.5 million hectares10
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December 1979 – February 1980
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Mudgee, Warringah and Sutherland Shires, Goulburn, South Coast
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Deaths: 511
People rendered homeless: 50
Buildings: 14
Area burnt: more than 1 million hectares
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1984 – 1985
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Western Division
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Deaths: 412
Livestock: 40,000
Area burnt: 3.5 million hectares
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July 2002 –
February 2003
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81 local government areas in Greater Sydney, Hunter, North Coast, Northern Tablelands, North-west Slopes, North-west Plains, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, Illawarra, South Coast
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Deaths: 213
Buildings: 86 houses14
Livestock: 3,40015
Area burnt: 1.464 million hectares16
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SOUTH AUSTRALIA
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1957 – January 1958
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Mt Gambier
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Deaths: 8
Area burnt: 1,370 hectares (pine plantation)
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1974 – 1975
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North-west of state
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Deaths: Nil
Area burnt: 16 million hectares17
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February 1983 (including Ash Wednesday II)
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Mt Osmond, Mt Gambier, South Barwon
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Deaths: 28
Buildings: 333
Livestock: 250,000
Fencing: more than 10,000 kilometres
Area burnt: more than 260,000 hectares
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January 2005
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Eyre Peninsula, Adelaide Hills
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Deaths: 9
Buildings: 33718
Livestock: 47,000
Fencing: 6,304 kilometres19
Area burnt: more than 145,000 hectares
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December 2007
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Kangaroo Island
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Deaths: 1
Area burnt: 95,000 hectares
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TASMANIA
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December 1966 – February 1967 (including Black Tuesday 7 February 1967)
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South-east, Hobart
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Deaths: 62
People rendered homeless: 7,000
Buildings: approx. 4,000
Livestock: 60,000 sheep; 1,350 cattle;
600 pigs; 500 horses; 24,000 chickens
Fencing: 5,400 kilometres
Area burnt: 270,000 hectares20
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February 1982
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Launceston, Hobart, Broadmarsh
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Deaths: 1
Buildings: 46
Livestock: 3,000
Area burnt: more than 40,000 hectares21
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November 2002 –
March 2003
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Including Flinders Island,
northern fringe of Hobart
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Deaths: Nil
Buildings: 13
Livestock: several hundred22
Area burnt: 52,000 hectares23
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WESTERN AUSTRALIA
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January 1961 –
March 1961
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Dwellingup and south-west of state
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Deaths: Nil
Buildings: 160
Area burnt: 1.8 million hectares
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1 April 1978
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South-west of state
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Deaths: 2
Buildings: 6
Livestock: 2,500
Area burnt: 31,500 hectares
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15 December 1997
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Perth and south-west of state
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Deaths: 2
Buildings: 15
Livestock: over 10,000
Area burnt: 22,450 hectares
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December 2007 – January 2008
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Boorabbin National Park
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Deaths: 3
Area burnt: 29,000 hectares
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AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
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November 1938 – January 1939
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Uriarra, Mt Franklin, Tidbinbilla, Cuppacumbalong, Booroomba, Lanyon
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Deaths: 1
Livestock: 2,000
Fencing: 545 kilometres24
Area burnt: 30% of territory
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December 1951 – February 1952
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Molongolo valley, Mt Stromlo, Red Hill, Woden Valley, Tuggeranong, Mugga Hill
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Deaths: 3
Buildings: 4225
Livestock: 10,000
Fencing: several hundred kilometres
Area burnt: 10,000 hectares26
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March 1985
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Mugga Lane, Red Hill, Mount Majura, Tharwa, Symonstown, Googong–Queanbeyan area
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Deaths: 1
Livestock: 7,00027
Area burnt: 10,000 hectares28
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January 2003
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Namadgi National Park, Uriarra, Pierces Creek and Stromlo settlements, Cotter, Corin, Tidbinbilla,
Mt Stromlo, Duffy, Holder, Chapman, Kambah, Curtin, Lyons, Murrumbidgee valley, Coppins Crossing
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Deaths: 4
Buildings: 581
Livestock: 4,185
Area burnt: approx. 160,000 hectares
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