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Black Friday bushfires
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The Black Friday bushfires of 13 January 1939, in Victoria, Australia, were part of the 1938–1939 bushfire season in Australia, which saw bushfires burning for the whole summer, and ash falling as far
69 years later: Eucalypt regrowth in an area affected by the 1939 fires. The trees make up a single cohort, with little diversity in age or size. The foreground includes part of a coup which has recently been logged and burnt.
69 years later: Eucalypt regrowth in an area affected by the 1939 fires. The trees make up a single cohort, with little diversity in age or size. The
Black Thursday bushfires
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The Black Thursday bushfires were a devastating series of fires that swept the Port Phillip District in Australia, on 6 February 1851, burning up 5 million hectares, or about a quarter of the state's
Black Friday bushfires
…hottest day officially recorded in Melbourne for the next 70 years. (Unofficial records show temperatures of around 47 °C (117 °F) were reported on the Black Thursday fires of 6 February 1851). The subsequent Victorian Royal Commission investigation of the fires recorded that Victoria had not seen such dry conditions for…
Black Thursday, February 6th. 1851, as depicted by William Strutt in 1864
Black Thursday, February 6th. 1851, as depicted by William Strutt in 1864
Burnt bases of Eucalyptus tenuiramis in dry sclerophyll forest
Burnt bases of Eucalyptus tenuiramis in dry sclerophyll forest