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Bushfires in Victoria

Find books, government reports, websites, statistics, newspaper articles and images about Victorian bushfires from 1851 to today.

Resources

Be sure to check the Other reports and Research fires pages of this guide for further resources.

Burn: the epic story of bushfire in Australia by Paul Collins
ISBN: 9781921640186
Publication Date: 2010-03-30
This book includes a detailed chapter on the 2003 fires. It includes extensive references.
A nation charred: report on the inquiry into bushfires (2003) by House of Representatives Select Committee (Commonwealth)
Report of the inquiry into the 2002-2003 Victorian bushfires
ISBN: 0731114884
Previously available online.
Victorian Government response to the Report of the inquiry into the 2002-2003 Victorian bushfires
Regenerate, renew, rebuild: final report from the Ministerial Taskforce on Bushfire Recovery (2003) by Ministerial Taskforce on Bushfire Recovery (Victoria)
Past recovery programs - plans and final reports: 2003 alpine fires
Includes PDF copies of :
- The recovery story (final report)
- Rehabilitation and recovery plan
- ministerial task force reports
The Victorian bushfires of 2002-03 and the politics of blame: a discourse analysis by J Whittaker & D Mercer
Published in Australian Geographer, vol. 35, no.3, 2004.
2003 Eastern Victorian alpine bushfires by Wikipedia

Maps

Past incident maps (1939-2009) (archived website)

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