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What is the most people have been charged for causing bushfires in Australia?
Scarlett Allegro
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What was the loss of life during the Ash Wednesday bushfires?
The Ash Wednesday bushfires, which occurred in Australia's summer in 1983, killed a total of 75 people. This included 47 people in Victoria, among them seventeen volunteer firefighters, and another 28 people in South Australia.
How common are bushfires in Australia?
Bushfires in Australia are very common during summer. However, bushfires like the massive Black Saturday fires across Victoria in February 2009, which killed almost 200 people, only occur every few decades. Prior to Black Saturday, the worst fires were Ash Wednedsay (1983) and Black Friday (1939). In between, there have been some deadly bushfires that killed a smaller number of people (Canberra 2003; Eyre Peninsula 2005). In other years, many areas may be threatened by bushfires, particularly in the south and over in Western Australia, leading to huge property losses.
What were the worst fires in Australia?
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.
What year did ash Wednesday bushfires kill 72 people in Victoria and south australia?
To my calcultation the year was 1921 in the late 1000
What happened on January 13 1939?
Black Friday: 71 people die across Victoria in one of Australia's worst ever bushfires.
How many people were injured this Black Friday?
The Black Friday bushfires which occurred in Victoria, Australia on 13 January 1939 killed 71 people.
How many people were killed in the Ash Wednesday fires?
The Ash Wednesday bushfires, which occurred in Australia's summer in 1983, killed a total of 75 people. This included 47 people in Victoria, among them seventeen volunteer firefighters, and another 28 people in South Australia.
Are people causing the rising sea level in Australia?
Global warming, caused by people (well, that's the overwhelming scientific opinion) is causing raised sea levels everywhere, including Australia.
How many people can get killed in a bushfire?
Bushfires are fast and intense, and can engulf whole towns very quickly. As a result, dozens can be killed in a town at any one time. For example, the Victorian "Black Saturday" bushfires which began on 7 February 2009 killed a known total of 173 people - Australia's worst ever bushfire toll to date.
Bushfires what are they and what do they do?
bushfire is a fire and it kills people
How did the schools in Australia respond to the wildfires?
Australia does not have wildfires: it has bushfires.Schools which were in the path of the bushfires were evacuated. They had notice of the potential danger of the fires.After the event, schools which were not affected did a great deal to assist those who had lost everything in the bushfires. Fundraising events, working bees and drives involving donations of cash and goods were all organised as people reached out a helping hand to those who needed it.
Where do bushfires happen the most?
Bushfires can occur throughout Australia, depending on the time of the year. They are more likely to happen in the southern states during Summer and Autumn, in the north during Winter and Spring, and in the middle latitudes during Spring and Summer. They are also more likely in an area which has experienced a period of plenty of rainfall, followed by weeks of dry, hot weather which dries out all the new vegetation which has sprung up. Bushfires in Australia are most like to occur along the eastern seaboard south of the NSW border and southern coastline in heavily vegetated areas. They commonly occur around Sydney, where there are huge tracts of native bushland, and the ranges around Melbourne. Currently (February 2009), bushfires are raging through the mountains and hills around Melbourne, and to the east and west of the capital city, in the Gippsland area, and west as far as Bendigo. Over 100 lives have been lost, and over 700 homes destroyed in Australia's worst bushfires ever. Inland areas of NSW which are full of scrub are prone to bushfires. Canberra is surrounded by wooded ranges, again providing fuel for bushfires as was shown in the 2003 fires where four people lost their lives. South Australia has certainly had its share of fires, despite overall less heavily wooded areas: the Eyre Peninsula bushfires of 2005 were particularly devastating, as were the Ash Wednesday tragedies which reached the outer suburbs of Adelaide. Bushfires also occur over in the bushland around Perth. After a dry season, these areas provide enough fuel for bushfires to quickly spread, and the climate can change from pleasantly temperate to hot, dry and windy - perfect conditions for bushfires. Bushfires are less likely in the far north because of the wetter conditions, but they do still occur. Even Brisbane and the Queensland coast rarely have serious bushfires - certainly not on the devastating scale that has been seen down south. However, Rockhampton and Mount Morgan, just inland from Queensland's central coast, recently (Spring 2009) saw several days of horrific bushfires, as conditions are drier there.
