Bushfires in Victoria

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

Resources

Major fires occurred in late December 2006 through to early January 2007. No people died in these fires, but they resulted in significant property and livestock losses (source). They burnt 'almost 1.2 million hectares of private and public land', much of which had been forested (source).

See Research fires for suggestions on how to find further resources.

The Victorian great divide fires: December 2006-February 2007 by Department of Sustainability and Environment
Four part report on the Benalla/Mount Beauty/Dargo/Erica area fires.
Includes a detailed, day-by-day narrative of the fires, with statistics, images, and maps.
Also includes background information on forest fire management practices, climatic conditions and fire preparedness.
Wildfire in the high country: December 2006/January 2007
This book provides good photographic coverage of these fires, and reflections on what the fires meant to people involved.
[Bushfires, Victoria, December 2006 - Australian internet sites]
A collection of websites relating to bushfires in Victoria, archived in December 2006, including sites of organisations responsible for fire-fighting coordination and public safety.
Key issues identified from operational reviews of major fires in Victoria 2006/07 by Country Fire Authority
Four Corners - 12/03/2007: Firestorm by Australian Broadcasting Corporation
ABC Television's Four Corners explores key questions about how Australia might deal with megafires of the future by examining major fires in Canberra, Victoria and NSW.
Great Divide fire recovery plan
Bushfire recovery taskforce 2006
2007 report from the ministerial taskforce on bushfire recovery

Maps

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

Bushfires in Victoria

Resources

Maps

State Library Victoria