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1. The February 2009 "Black Saturday" bushfires in Victoria which, to date, have reached a death toll of 210. 2. The February 1983 "Ash Wednesday" bushfires had a combined death toll of 75 for South Australia and Victoria. 3. The January 1939 "Black Friday" bushfires in Victoria, which saw 71 deaths. 4. The January 2005 bushfires on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, which claimed 9 lives.
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∙ 14y ago* "Black Friday", 13 January 1939 - 71 killed in Victoria * "Ash Wednesday", 16 February 1983 - 47 killed in Victoria, 28 killed in South Australia * Canberra bushfires, 18 January 2003 - 4 killed in Canberra, ACT * Eyre Peninsula bushfires, 12 January 2005 - 9 killed in South Australia * "Black Saturday" bushfires, 7 February - 12 March 2009 - 210 killed in Victoria
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∙ 14y agoTo date, the worst fires in Australia have been the ones in February 2009, dubbed the Black Saturday bushfires. They killed over 170 people, the greatest death toll of any bushfires in Australia.
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