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The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia started on 16 February 1983 which was, ironically, "Ash Wednesday" in the Christian calendar. That is why the fires are so named.
The bushfires lasted for two days.
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For how long did the Ash Wednesday bushfires burn?
The bushfires which started in Victoria and South Australia on Ash Wednesday, 16 February 1983, lasted for two days, until the 18th.
What year was Ash Wednesday?
Ash Wednesday is actually a Christian commemoration which occurs every year, 40 days before Easter.However, if the question refers to the disastrous Ash Wednesday bushfires which occurred in Victoria and South Australia, ironically beginning on the real Ash Wednesday, this happened on 16 February 1983.
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.
What was the name given to the bushfires of Victoria and South Australia in 1983?
The name was the 'Ash Wednesday' bushfires. This was partially because of the ash which was strewn across SE Australia during the catastrophic fires. However, it coincided with the beginning of the season of Lent that year, the six week period before Easter. In the Christian calendar, the beginning day of Lent is known as "Ash Wednesday".
Is today AshWednesday?
When the question was asked "today" was 01:27am on Thursday 18 February 2010, so No.However, Wednesday 17 February 2010 was Ash Wednesday that year.
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 are the colors for AshWednesday?
Black and purple. black because that ash Wednesday also remembers bushfires and burning of palmfrones and purple the start of lent
Were there any natural disasters in Victoria?
Yes. Victoria's most common natural disasters have been bushfires. Bushfires occur regularly through the hot, dry summer months in Victoria, but three notable bushfires have been:'Black Friday' bushfires: 13 January 1939 - a firestorm swept across southern Victoria, killing 71.'Ash Wednesday' bushfires, 16 February 1983 - 47 killed in Victoria, and another 28 in South Australia'Black Saturday' bushfires, February-March 2009 - 173 killed.
In one town how many people died in ash Wednesday?
In Australia's Ash Wednesday bushfires of February 1983, the highest death toll in any one area was 21 people who were killed in the Belgrave Heights and Upper Beaconsfield areas, southeast of Melbourne.
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.
What is today's holiday?
Ash Wednesday.
When is ash Wednesday 2025?
Ash Wednesday 2025 will be on Wednesday, March 5.
