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Western bush fire: Several crops burnt [5 January 1906]

18 May 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article about a bushfire was published in The Herald (Melbourne, Vic.), 5 January 1906.] Western bush fire. Several crops burnt. Camperdown, Friday. A fire that broke out on the Bangaal Plain, near Skipton, last night, has been the cause of serious … [Read more...] about Western bush fire: Several crops burnt [5 January 1906]

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“Black Thursday” [article about the 1851 bushfires, 8 February 1910]

7 February 2020 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article was published in The Star (Sydney), 8 February 1910.] “Black Thursday.” It was 59 years ago last Sunday since Victoria was overtaken by the calamity of those appalling bush fires that gave to the day on which they occurred the designation of “Black … [Read more...] about “Black Thursday” [article about the 1851 bushfires, 8 February 1910]

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“Black Thursday” [article re. a bushfire in Mittyack, 26 January 1922]

7 February 2020 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article was published in The Argus (Melbourne), 26 January 1922.] “Black Thursday.” MITTYACK, Saturday. — Thursday was a veritable “Black Thursday” in this district, as fires raged fiercely in all directions, and were carried along with great rapidity by the … [Read more...] about “Black Thursday” [article re. a bushfire in Mittyack, 26 January 1922]

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Black Thursday [article about the 1851 bushfires, 17 January 1857]

6 February 2020 · 1 Comment

[Editor: This article about the 1851 “Black Thursday” bushfires was published in The Argus (Melbourne), 17 January 1857.] Black Thursday. Probably one of the most terrible days of which there is any record in Australian annals was Thursday, the 6th of February, 1851, … [Read more...] about Black Thursday [article about the 1851 bushfires, 17 January 1857]

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Black Thursday [The Illustrated Australian Encyclopaedia, 1925]

17 April 2014 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is an entry from The Illustrated Australian Encyclopaedia (1925).] Black Thursday, 6 February 1851, the day on which an immense tract of country in Victoria was laid waste by one of the most disastrous bush fires known in Australia. Its origin was ascribed to … [Read more...] about Black Thursday [The Illustrated Australian Encyclopaedia, 1925]

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