Australia’s most deadly and destructive bushfires
Daniel Coughlin
05 July 2023
History's most devastating blazes
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1851: Black Thursday bushfires
State Library of Victoria/Public domain
1851: Black Thursday bushfires
William Strutt/Public domain/via Wikimedia Commons
1851: Black Thursday bushfires
State Library of Victoria/Public domain
1898: Red Tuesday bushfires
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1898: Red Tuesday bushfires
John Longstaff/Public domain/via Wikimedia Commons
1898: Red Tuesday bushfires
J.A. Turner/Public domain/State Library Victoria
1926: Victoria bushfires
Courtesy NSFA/Australian Screen/Public domain
1926: Victoria bushfires
Courtesy NSFA/Australian Screen/Public domain
1926: Victoria bushfires
Courtesy NSFA/Australian Screen/Public domain
1939: Black Friday bushfires
State Library of Victoria/Public domain/via Wikimedia Commons
1939: Black Friday bushfires
Courtesy Department of Environment and Primary Industries, Victoria/Public domain
1939: Black Friday bushfires
Courtesy Department of Environment and Primary Industries, Victoria/Public domain
1943-44: Victoria bushfires
Slight, J/Public domain/via Wikimedia Commons
1943-44: Victoria bushfires
Courtesy Ron Walker/City of Kingston/Public domain
1943-44: Victoria bushfires
The Australasian/Public domain
1962: Victoria bushfires
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1962: Victoria bushfires
Courtesy Museums Victoria
1962: Victoria bushfires
Courtesy Museums Victoria
1967: Black Tuesday bushfires
Woodford family/Public domain/via Wikimedia Commons
1967: Black Tuesday bushfires
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery/Public domain/via Wikimedia Commons
1967: Black Tuesday bushfires
Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office/Public domain/via Wikimedia Commons
1969: Victoria bushfires
Courtesy Black Saturday Museum
1969: Victoria bushfires
Courtesy Black Saturday Museum
1969: Victoria bushfires
Courtesy Black Saturday Museum
1983: Ash Wednesday bushfires
Courtesy Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience
1983: Ash Wednesday bushfires
Sydney Oats/Flickr/CC BY 2.0
1983: Ash Wednesday bushfires
Sydney Oats/Flickr/CC BY 2.0
2009: Black Saturday bushfires
William West/AFP/Getty
2009: Black Saturday bushfires
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2009: Black Saturday bushfires
William West/AFP/Getty
2019-20: Black Summer bushfires
Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images
2019-20: Black Summer bushfires
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2019-20: Black Summer bushfires
Stephen Dwyer/Alamy Stock Photo
2019-20: Black Summer bushfires
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