Aug 14

BUSHFIRES Kalgoorlie 26 Dec 1954 “Thousands of acres of virgin bush were burned out by bush fires this week following the heatwave last weekend.”

BUSHFIRES (1954, December 26). Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 – 1954), p. 16. Retrieved August 14, 2020, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/59699503?searchTerm=bushfires&searchLimits=# […]

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Aug 11

BUSHFIRES. 17 Sept 1940 Early Bushfire Season 79 Years Ago. “Bushfires have started earlier than usual this season”

BUSHFIRES. (1940, September 17). Macleay Argus (Kempsey, NSW : 1885 – 1907; 1909 – 1910; 1912 – 1913; 1915 – […]

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Jul 29

WORST HEAT IN HISTORY ROASTS SYDNEY 14jan 1939. 116deg.F = 46.6667C. “All records were swept aside in Sydney to-day by a scaring heat-wave from the west.”

WORST HEAT IN HISTORY ROASTS SYDNEY (1939, January 14). The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 – 1954), p. 1 (LAST […]

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Apr 19

SUMMER’S FIRE RETURNS FOURTH HOTTEST DAY. April 20 1934. “Yesterday the mercury climbed to 92 degrees” No heat waves found for March or April since 1950.

SUMMER’S FIRE RETURNS (1934, April 20). Tweed Daily (Murwillumbah, NSW : 1914 – 1949), p. 3. Retrieved April 18, 2020, […]

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Mar 27

HEAT-WAVE IN SOUTH. 13 Mar 1940. “For the first- time in March since 1934, the temperature in Melbourne on Friday reached 100deg.”

HEAT-WAVE IN SOUTH. (1940, March 13). Daily Mercury (Mackay, Qld. : 1906 – 1954), p. 6. Retrieved March 27, 2020, […]

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Mar 14

RECORD MARCH HEAT WAVE IN ADELAIDE 30 March. Towns Threatened By Bushfires

RECORD MARCH HEAT WAVE IN ADELAIDE (1940, March 30). The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 – 1947), p. 1 (CITY […]

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Jan 30

Fight fire with fire: controlled burning could have protected Australia

https://www.spectator.co.uk/2020/01/fight-fire-with-fire-controlled-burning-could-have-protected-australia/ A kind of ecological fundamentalism has taken the place of common sense Tim Blair Tim Blair 11 January 2020 […]

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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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Jan 05

Burn or be Burned

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/blogs/tim-blair/burn-or-be-burned/news-story/55748272854d51bffe81cfe4ee890ee9 By modern standards, my grandfather would probably be considered an environmental criminal. To clear land for his farmhouse, milking […]

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Dec 31

Fighting Fires with Fire by Viv Forbes

The Power of the Torch “There can be few if any races who for so long were able to practice […]

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