Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Fire in Australia Fire has been an elemental part of the Australian environment for as long as the continent has existed. Fire in Aboriginal Australia Aboriginal people have used fire as a complex land-management tool for tens of thousands of years.
Duke of Portland Home Secretary to Governor Hunter, To remedy so alarming an evil it will be proper to oblige all persons holding farms adjoining waste and uncultivated land to keep plowed up so much … as shall be adjudged sufficient to stop the progress of the fire.
Urban Australia and fire As Australia became more urbanised, the fringes of cities encroached farther into the bush and it is here in the frontier zone between bush and city that bushfires do much of their damage. Days before Black Saturday A heatwave struck south-eastern Australia in the weeks before 7 February , building on two months of hot, dry conditions.
Black Saturday On the morning of 7 February north westerly winds in excess of kilometres per hour scoured the state, bringing hot, dry air from Central Australia. Bushfire damage to a property north of Yarra Glen. Consequences The Black Saturday bushfires killed people, in the Kinglake area alone. Aftermath The impact of the bushfires was so overwhelming that Premier Brumby announced a royal commission into the fires on 13 February , even before the full extent of the disaster was known.
Personal cost The lasting damage of the Black Saturday bushfires has been the personal cost to individuals, families and communities. Defining Moments in Australian History 23 May Tags: defining moments environment indigenous. Download Defining Moments: Fire audio file Curriculum subjects. Year levels. In our collection. Group of four fused coins from Kilmore East bushfire, Victoria, 7 February An uneven pile of four Australian coins fused together. The coin on top of the pile has a cavity that takes up about a quarter of the surface and is blue and green.
The opposite side of the pile has a bright green discolouring. There is ash covering most of the coin surfaces. Explore Defining Moments. Gundagai flood. Bali bombings. Bubonic plague.
Cyclone Tracy. You may also like. The differences in vegetation help to explain why we now have larger fires that are more difficult to control. Andrew Quilty, a photographer on the other side of the world, has done something similar, but instead of waiting years for the after pictures, he took photos immediately after the February, Black Saturday fires in Australia , and then again two years later.
One is on the left, and others are HERE. The Royal Commission has released their final report on the bush fires of February, that left dead in Australia. The report consists of five volumes and thousands of pages. HERE is a link to the report , and below is an excerpt about it from the Telegraph :. The detailed document recommended building bush fire refuges and shelters in vulnerable areas, buying land back from home owners who are living in the most at risk parts of the countryside, and implementing a new emergency evacuation strategy.
A total of people died when the worst bush fires in Australian history engulfed rural towns and communities in the southern state of Victoria on Feb 7 Temperatures soared to F and strong winds fanned the flames. Of those who died on Black Saturday, were found in or near houses that were burned to the ground by towering flames that outran fire engines and swept across 1.
The policy that people in well-prepared homes can save their property and their lives in the face of a raging bushfire is a myth and should be abandoned, the Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission has heard. If you have questions about how to cite anything on our website in your project or classroom presentation, please contact your teacher. They will best know the preferred format.
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Any interactives on this page can only be played while you are visiting our website. You cannot download interactives. Fire can be an incredibly useful tool. We cook our food with fire, warm our homes, light candles, roast marshmallows, shape metals, and create new energy — all with fire. However, using fire as a tool requires extreme awareness of safety, because it can be incredibly dangerous and destructive. Even a single spark in a dry forest can start a wildfire that engulfs hundreds of thousands of acres.
Depending on the weather, these small sparks can wipe out entire forests and cities within days, destroying everything in their path and polluting the air with smoke thick enough to be seen from space. Learn more about the power and science behind wildfires with this collection of resources.
A wildfire is an uncontrolled fire that burns in wildland vegetation, often in rural areas. Wildfires are destructive forces, but they can occur naturally.
Because of this, certain plants and animals have evolved to depend on periodic wildfires for ecological balance.
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