1967 Tasmanian Bushfires
The 1967 Tasmanian fires were an Australian natural disaster which occurred on 7 February 1967, an event which came to be known as the Black Tuesday bushfires. They were the most deadly Bushfires in Australia, bushfires that Tasmania has ever experienced, leaving 62 people dead, 900 injured and over seven thousand homeless. Extent of the fires 110 separate fire fronts burnt through some of land in southern Tasmania within the space of five hours. Fires raged from near Hamilton, Tasmania, Hamilton and Bothwell, Tasmania, Bothwell to the D'Entrecasteaux Channel as well as Snug, Tasmania, Snug. There was extensive damage to agricultural property along the Channel, the Derwent Valley Council, Derwent Valley and the Huon Valley. Fires also destroyed forest, public infrastructure and properties around Mount Wellington (Tasmania), Mount Wellington and many small towns along the Derwent River (Tasmania), Derwent estuary and east of Hobart. Death toll and damage The worst of the f ...
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Tasmania
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