Red Tuesday
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| Red Tuesday | |
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 Gippsland, Sunday night, February 20th, 1898 (John Longstaff) |
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| Location | South Gippsland, Victoria |
| Date | February 1, 1898 |
| Burned area | 260,000 hectares |
| Fatalities | 12 |
The Red Tuesday bushfires took place on February 1, 1898 in South Gippsland, Victoria. The bushfires claimed 12 lives, destroyed over 2,000 buildings[1] and affected about 15,000 people, leaving 2,500 homeless.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "Major Bushfires in Victoria". Department of Sustainability and Environment. http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/fire-and-other-emergencies/major-bushfires-in-victoria. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
- ^ "South Gippsland, Victoria: Bushfires". EMA Disasters Database. Australian Government. http://www.ema.gov.au/ema/emadisasters.nsf/83edbd0553620d8cca256d09001fc8fd/270f8f5a1d4fa692ca256d3300057cd2?OpenDocument. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
[edit] External links
- State Library of Victoria's Bushfires in Victoria Research Guide Guide to locating books, government reports, websites, statistics, newspaper reports and images about the Red Tuesday fires.
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