Jan 08

BUSHFIRES. Horror hits Victoria. Jan 31 1962. A saga of death, destruction, and driving courage. Dandenong fires were normal summer news when I was a kid growing up in Melbourne back then.

BUSHFIRES (1962, January 31). The Australian Women’s Weekly (1933 – 1982), p. 3. Retrieved January 8, 2020, fromhttps://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/51193494?searchTerm=dandenongs%20bushfires&searchLimits=# HEAT exhaustion […]

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Jan 05

Action urged on bush fire peril. 09 July 1952. How many decades of warnings do the Greens need? “Drying westerlies had already caused fires.” Wow, they had drying winds back then too.

Action urged on bush fire peril (1952, July 9). The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 – 1954), p. 11 (LAST […]

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Nov 17

Black Thursday. 10 March 1858. Probably one of the most terrible days of which there is any record in Australian annals was Thursday, the 6th of February, 1851,

Black Thursday. (1858, March 10). The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 – 1901), p. 4. Retrieved November […]

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Nov 14

BUSHFIRES LIKELY 26 Oct 1948. The bushfire danger at present is high.

1948 ‘BUSHFIRES LIKELY’, The Scone Advocate (NSW : 1887 – 1954), 26 October, p. 1. , viewed 14 Nov 2019, […]

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Sep 20

Bushfires 21 Nov 1951 “when flood, fire or famine threatens”

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/141215180?searchTerm=bushfires&searchLimits=# The bushfires that have been experienced in the State over the past few weeks have indeed been terrible as […]

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Sep 17

Bushfires. 22 Nov 1940 Oh NO! a dangerous summer ahead and a dry winter just gone. Tim Flannery wasn’t even born yet.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/149836416?searchTerm=bushfires&searchLimits=# In this week’s enlarged issue, we present for the consideration of our readers a great deal of matter dealing […]

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Sep 13

WORST IN HISTORY BUSHFIRES DEATH ROLL 21. 14 Jan. 1939

WORST IN HISTORY BUSHFIRES DEATH ROLL 21. MELBOURNE. Thursday. The charred bodies of 19 more bushfire victims were found yesterday […]

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Sep 10

Worst Fire Danger (03 Feb. 1951)

Worst Fire Danger Victoria’s bushfire danger has never been greater in 35 years, the chief fire officer of the Country […]

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