Talk:1961 Western Australian bushfires

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I crossed this while looking for some other info have just dropped the link here so as to keep it where it can be followed to more information to expand the article http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/wa/sevwx/perth/index.shtml Gnan garra 01:50, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Errors

Some of the information on this page is almost certainly wrong. Karridale is 300+ kilometers south of Dwellingup on the South West Coast (about level with Pemberton). The town is almost certainly Jarrahdale which *is* near Dwellingup. This article needs to be checked against paper records. Note that this does not preclude Karridale from having been burnt at this time but it would have been from the Pemberton fire *not* the Dwellingup fire. 203.161.88.182 (talk) 04:17, 7 July 2008 (UTC) Steve Gunnell[reply]

Note also that there is no natural Karri within about 300 Km of Dwellingup ... and fire in that district would be in Jarrah / Marri forrest. 203.161.88.182 (talk) 04:20, 7 July 2008 (UTC) Steve Gunnell[reply]

Part of the problem is that additional information was added to the article concerning the later and further south bushfires in February and early March 1961 which has made some of the prose slightly irrelevant with respect to the Dwellingup title. The latter of these fires certainly did destroy Karridale as the article says, but there are some factual errors as Steve has noted. I'll try to fix these.

A Royal Commission was held which looked at issues relating to all of the south-west fires that season. I propose moving the article to a more encompassing 1961 Western Australian bushfires. Any comments anyone? Moondyne 05:26, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Okay by me. Hesperian 05:49, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

good idea i say - Hobart/Tasmanian fires had sep arts and some genius combined the lot without any consult, so the fact that someone is talking here is good Satu Suro 06:48, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, done. Also, I can't imagine Jarrahdale residents would have been evacuated to Dwellingup, more likely to go to Rockingham or Armadale. Moondyne 07:03, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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--JeffGBot (talk) 19:14, 4 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]