1996–97 Australian bushfire season

none January 2016 July 2026 1996–97 Australian bushfire season Australia October 1996 – January 1997 3 40 44+ A series of bushfires in Australia occurred over the summer of 1996–1997. The most prominent fires during the season were in the Dandenong Ranges and the Mornington Peninsula in the state of Victoria. Fires of note State Start date Deaths Injuries Houses lost Area (ha) Local govt. Impacted communities & destruction Duration Ref. Western Australia 8 January 1997 16 10500 ha on MundaringWooroloo & Wundowie Wooroloo Prison Farm and dozens of non-residential structures destroyed Bushfires http://www.bom.gov.au/wa/sevwx/perth/bushfires.shtml www.bom.gov.au Bureau of Meteorology 29 April 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20120716185803/http://www.bom.gov.au/wa/sevwx/perth/bushfires.shtml 2012-07-16Jones Trevor Cities Project Perth http://www.ga.gov.au/webtemp/image_cache/GA6524.pdf Geoscience Australia 6 June 2015Joe Courtney Miriam Middelmann The Natural Hazard Risk in Perth Geoscience Australia 56–60 http://www.ga.gov.au/webtemp/image_cache/GA6525.pdf 2.7 Bushfires – a meteorological perspective June 2005 Victoria 19 January 1997 2 Mornington PeninsulaMount Eliza 2 carports and a car destroyed 3 days Victoria 21 January 1997 3 20 41 3700 ha on Yarra RangesFerny Creek, Kalorama, Mount Dandenong & Upwey Three civilians perish 45 houses damaged A CFA fire truck destroyed 2 days Dandenongs and Mornington Peninsula, Vic: Bushfires http://www.royalcommission.vic.gov.au/Documents/Document-files/Exhibits/RSCH-030-001-0364.pdf royalcommission.vic.gov.au 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission 6 June 2015June 2023 InternetArchiveBot yes Webb Carolyn Anatomy of a Fire Storm http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=smh&kw=bushfire&pb=all_ffx&dt=enterRange&dr=1month&sd=01%2F01%2F1997&ed=31%2F01%2F1997&so=date&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=200&rm=200&sp=adv&clsPage=1&docID=news970126_0151_6842 28 April 2016 Sunday Age Fairfax Media 26 January 1997 16Coxhill Richard History of The Basin 2012 15 http://www.coxhill.com/basinhistory/firebrigade/Fire%20Brigade.pdf Chapter 8: The Basin Fire BrigadeButtler Mark Fresh police appeal on 1997 Dandenong Ranges fires http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/fresh-police-appeal-on-1997-dandenong-ranges-fires/story-e6frf7kx-1111116085402 28 December 2015 Herald Sun 17 April 2008Wositzky Helen Out of the Ashes, a Community Responds: The Dandenong Ranges Bushfires, January 1997 The Australian Journal of Emergency Management Winter 1998 13 2 17–20 http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=394179914180386;res=IELHSS 28 December 2015Hayes Lyn Recovery: A Local Government Response The Australian Journal of Emergency Management 1998 13 2 22–25 http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=394235813094161;res=IELHSS 29 December 2015 1324-1540 Timeline October 1996 In October 1996, one house was destroyed in a bushfire near Ravensbourne in southeast Queensland.Understanding bushfire: trends in deliberate vegetation fires in Australia: Queensland http://www.aic.gov.au/documents/4/8/4/%7B4848DAE8-BB71-420E-9D5A-12B851BFB53E%7Dtbp027_04_qld.pdf Australian Institute of Criminology 13 January 2014 11 https://web.archive.org/web/20140212131012/http://www.aic.gov.au/documents/4/8/4/%7b4848DAE8-BB71-420E-9D5A-12B851BFB53E%7dtbp027_04_qld.pdf 12 February 2014 dead dmy-all January 1997 From 19 to 21 January 1997, fires burnt over 400 hectares (about 990 acres) through much of the Dandenong Ranges and the Mornington Peninsula, precipitated by over forty-degree Celsius dry heat and strong northerly winds. Three people were killed and forty injured. Forty-three houses were destroyed and another 45 damaged.http://www.ema.gov.au/www/ema/schools.nsf/Page/Learn_AboutBushfires_InMyBackyard_InMyBackyard EMA.gov.au 2 March 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090106021800/http://ema.gov.au/www/ema/schools.nsf/Page/Learn_AboutBushfires_InMyBackyard_InMyBackyard 6 January 2009 dead dmy-all Fires began at all locations except the Dandenongs on the 19th; the Dandenongs fires began on the morning of the 21st in the foothills of the western face of the ranges. It was suspected that the fires in the Dandenongs were deliberately lit. The areas most affected by these fires included: Creswick Dandenong Ranges Ferny Creek – 3 deaths Kalorama Mount Dandenong Upwey Dutson Downs Gippsland Heathcote Mornington Peninsula Arthurs Seat Mount Eliza Mount Martha References Overview of the fires & community response 1996 1996 Category:1990s fires in Oceania Category:1996 fires Category:1997 fires Australian Bushfire Season, 1996-97 Australian Bushfire Season, 1996-97 Category:1990s wildfires Category:1996 disasters in Australia Category:1997 disasters in Australia