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6 February 1851
(Black Thursday)
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Wimmera, Portland, Gippsland, Plenty Ranges, Westernport, Dandenong district, Heidelberg
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Deaths: 152
People rendered homeless: 100
Buildings: 1,300
Livestock: 1 million sheep, thousands of cattle
Area burnt: 5 million hectares (approx. 25%) of Victoria3
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4 and 5 January 1886
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Otway and Heytesbury, incorporating Panmure, Colac, Camperdown
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Deaths: nil
Estimated damage: £15,0004
Buildings: approx. 505
Fencing: thousands of miles (over 5,000 chains)6
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1 February 1898
(Red Tuesday)
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South Gippsland
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Deaths: 12
People rendered homeless: 2,500
Buildings: over 2,000
Area burnt: 260,000 hectares
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December 1899
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Beechworth–Yackandandah, Broadford, Bairnsdale
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Deaths: nil
Estimated damage: £50,000
Buildings: many homesteads
Livestock: extensive losses7
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January 1900
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Hamilton, Bealiba, Warrenbayne, Wangaratta, Euroa, Warrnambool
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Deaths: nil
Estimated damage: £100,000–200,000
Buildings: 6 woolsheds and a number of homes
Fencing: extensive losses
Livestock: 20,000 sheep, 300 cattle and a number
of horses
Area burnt: more than 500,000 acres8
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February 1900
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Meredith, Warrnambool, Pyrenees Range, Gippsland
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Deaths: 3
Estimated damage: £35,000
Buildings: homes, farmhouses and farm buildings
Fencing: hundreds of miles
Livestock: cattle and sheep
Area burnt: in excess of 60,000 acres9
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December 1905 – January 1906
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Dandenong Ranges
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Deaths: 12
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1 January 1912
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Willaura
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Deaths: nil
Buildings: 15
Area burnt: main street of the town
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1 January 1913
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Chelsea (Melbourne)
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Deaths: nil
Buildings: 64 permanent residences and 100
holiday homes
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1914
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Gippsland, Grampians, Otway Range
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Deaths: nil
Area burnt: varied—100,000 hectares10
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1926
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Noojee, Kinglake, Warburton, Erica, Dandenong Ranges
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Deaths: 60
People rendered homeless: 700
Buildings: 1,000
Area burnt: 400,000 hectares
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1932
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Gippsland and other areas across Victoria
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Deaths: 9
Area burnt: large areas of state forest
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8 January 1939
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Narbethong
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Deaths: 2
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13–20 January 1939 (incl. Black Friday)
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Large areas of the north-east and Gippsland, the Otway and Grampian Ranges and the towns of Rubicon, Woods Point, Warrandyte, Noojee, Omeo, Mansfield, Dromana, Yarra Glen, Warburton, Erica
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Deaths: 71
People rendered homeless: 3,000
Buildings: 1,300 (including 69 sawmills)
Livestock: 2,500
Area burnt: 1.5–2.0 million hectares
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3–4 March 1942
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Hamilton, South Gippsland
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Deaths: 1
Livestock: 100 sheep11
Buildings: 30
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22 December 1943 – 15 February 1944
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Central and western districts, Morwell, Yallourn
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Deaths: 51 (including 10 at Wangaratta on 22 December)
Livestock: 10,000
Buildings: more than 500 (as well as an open-cut mine)12
Area burnt: more than 1 million hectares of grassland and 160,000 hectares of forest13
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1 January 1952 –
1 March 1952
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Central and southern districts, including Benalla area
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Deaths: 10
Livestock: 7,500
Area burnt: 1.5 million acres
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14–17 January 1962
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The Basin, Christmas Hills, Kinglake, St Andrews, Hurstbridge, Warrandyte, Mitcham
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Deaths: 32
Buildings: 454
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January – February 1962
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Southern district
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Deaths: 1
People rendered homeless: 2,500
Buildings: 150
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17 January 1965
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Longwood
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Deaths: 7 (all in one family)
Buildings: 6 houses
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15 February –
13 March 1965
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Gippsland
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Deaths: 3
Buildings: more than 60 homes and shops
Livestock: more than 4,000
Area burnt: 750,000 acres of forest, 40,000 acres
of grassland14
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19 February 1968
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Dandenong Ranges, The Basin, Upwey
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Deaths: nil
People rendered homeless: 200
Buildings: 6415
Area burnt: 1,920 hectares
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8–9 January 1969
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Lara, Daylesford, Bulgana, Yea, Darraweit, Kangaroo Flat, Korongvale
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Deaths: 23
People rendered homeless: 800
Buildings: 251
Livestock: more than 12,000
Area burnt: 250,000 hectares
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December 1972
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Mt Buffalo
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Deaths: nil
Area burnt: 12,140 hectares16
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12 February 1977 (Black Saturday)
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Penshurst, Tatyoon, Streatham, Creswick, Pura Pura, Werneth, Cressy, Rokewood, Beeac, Mingay, Lismore, Little River
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Deaths: 8
People rendered homeless: 350
Buildings: 456
Fencing: 10,000 kilometres17
Livestock: 250,000 sheep; 4,500 cattle18
Area burnt: over 135,000 hectares19
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15 January 1978
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Bairnsdale
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Deaths: 2
People rendered homeless: 80
Buildings: 36
Livestock: 6,50020
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28 December 1980 –
6 January 1981
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Sunset Country and Big Desert
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Deaths: nil
Area burnt: 119,000 hectares21
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8–9 January 1983
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Greendale
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Deaths: 2 Forest Commission employees22
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31 January –
12 February 1983
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Cann River
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Deaths: nil
Area burnt: 120,000 hectares
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1 February 1983
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Mt Macedon
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Deaths: nil
Buildings: 50 houses
Area burnt: 6,100 hectares (including 1,864 hectares
of state forest)
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16–18 February 1983 (Ash Wednesday)
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Monivae, Branxholme, Cockatoo, East Trentham, Mt Macedon, Otway Range, Belgrave Heights, Warburton, Cudgee, Upper Beaconsfield, Framingham
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Deaths: 47
People rendered homeless: 9,000
Buildings: 2,500
Livestock: 32,750 (including 18,000 sheep
and 7,000 cattle)
Fencing: 5,900 kilometres
Area burnt: 210,000 hectares
Estimated damage: $190 million23
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4–12 March 1983
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Cann River
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Deaths: nil
Area burnt: 140,000 hectares
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14 January –
15 February 1985
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Including Maryborough, Avoca,
Little River, Wilsons Promontory
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Deaths: 5
People rendered homeless: 600
Buildings: 680
Livestock: 46,000
Area burnt: 50,800 hectares
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27 December 1990 – 10 January 1991
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Strathbogie Ranges
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Deaths: 1
People rendered homeless: 30
Buildings: 166
Livestock: 13,500
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23 February 1995
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Berringa
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Deaths: nil
Area burnt: 10,000 hectares (mostly forest)24
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1 October 1995
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South-western districts
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Deaths: nil
Area burnt: bushland and a pine forest
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19–21 January 1997
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Dandenong Ranges, Creswick, Heathcote, Teddywaddy, Goughs Bay
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Deaths: 3
People rendered homeless: 150
Buildings: 43 and 1 CFA fire truck
Area burnt: 4,150 hectares
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16 February 1997
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Winton, Romsey
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Deaths: nil
Livestock: 200 sheep
Area burnt: 800 hectares
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31 December 1997 – 12 January 1998
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Caledonia River area of Alpine National Park, Carey River State Forest
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Deaths: nil
Area burnt: 32,000 hectares
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1 February 1998
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Western District
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Deaths: nil
Buildings: 60
Livestock: some losses
Area burnt: more than 1,600 hectares
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22 March 1998
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Trentham
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Deaths: nil
Buildings: 60
Area burnt: 3,500 hectares
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2 December 1998
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Linton
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Deaths: 5 (CFA firefighters)
Area burnt: 780 hectares25
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5–9 January 1999
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Grampians
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Deaths: nil
Area burnt: 7,000 hectares26
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18–21 January 2000
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Portland region
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Deaths: nil
Area burnt: 1,700 hectares
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10 February 2000
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North-western Victoria
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Deaths: nil
Buildings: 5
Area burnt: 115 hectares
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28 November –
20 December 2000
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Dadswells Bridge and surrounds, Horsham, Stawell, Barratt region
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Deaths: nil
Buildings: 6
Livestock: 8,000 (mainly sheep)27
Fencing: 500 kilometres28
Area burnt: 29,000 hectares29
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March 2002
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Glenaroua
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Deaths: nil
Buildings: 1 house
Area burnt: 6,100 hectares of grass and scrub30
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17–31 December 2002
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Big Desert
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Deaths: nil
Buildings: 1 abandoned house
Area burnt: 181,400 hectares31
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8 January – 7 March 2003
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North-eastern Victoria, Gippsland
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Deaths: 1
Buildings: 41 houses
Fencing: 3,000 kilometres
Livestock: 110,000
Area burnt: 1.3 million hectares
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April 2005
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Wilsons Promontory
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Deaths: nil
Area burnt: more than 6,000 hectares32
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31 December 2005 – 31 January 2006
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Ararat, Baw Baw Shire, Glenelg Shire, Golden Plains Shire, Greater Geelong, Horsham, Latrobe, Moorabool Shire, Moyne Shire, Murrindindi Shire, Northern Grampians Shire, South Gippsland Shire, Southern Grampians Shire
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Deaths: 4
Buildings: 416
Fencing: 2,654 kilometres
Livestock: 64,265
Area burnt: 160,000 hectares
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1 December 2006 –
7 February 2007
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Alpine Shire, Benalla, Indigo Shire, Mansfield Shire, Corangamite Shire, Golden Plains Shire, Baw Baw Shire, East Gippsland, Latrobe, Wellington Shire, Moyne Shire, Wangaratta
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Deaths: 1
Buildings: 51 houses
Livestock: 1,741
Area burnt: more than 1.2 million hectares
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